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In reply to the discussion: CONFIRMED: Fox News Hack James Rosen Is A Political Operative, Not A Journalist [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)52. You want
"What facts? You haven't offered anything at all."
...facts? Here:
18 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 37 - ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP
Sec. 798 - Disclosure of classified information
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov
§798. Disclosure of classified information
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information
(1) concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United States or any foreign government; or
(2) concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or any foreign government for cryptographic or communication intelligence purposes; or
(3) concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government; or
(4) obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to have been obtained by such processes
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section
The term classified information means information which, at the time of a violation of this section, is, for reasons of national security, specifically designated by a United States Government Agency for limited or restricted dissemination or distribution;
The terms code, cipher, and cryptographic system include in their meanings, in addition to their usual meanings, any method of secret writing and any mechanical or electrical device or method used for the purpose of disguising or concealing the contents, significance, or meanings of communications;
The term foreign government includes in its meaning any person or persons acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any faction, party, department, agency, bureau, or military force of or within a foreign country, or for or on behalf of any government or any person or persons purporting to act as a government within a foreign country, whether or not such government is recognized by the United States;
The term communication intelligence means all procedures and methods used in the interception of communications and the obtaining of information from such communications by other than the intended recipients;
The term unauthorized person means any person who, or agency which, is not authorized to receive information of the categories set forth in subsection (a) of this section, by the President, or by the head of a department or agency of the United States Government which is expressly designated by the President to engage in communication intelligence activities for the United States.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the furnishing, upon lawful demand, of information to any regularly constituted committee of the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States of America, or joint committee thereof.
(d)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation; and
(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation.
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1).
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (e) through (p) of section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e)(p)), shall apply to
(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection;
(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and
(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation to such property,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/html/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap37-sec798.htm
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 37 - ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP
Sec. 798 - Disclosure of classified information
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov
§798. Disclosure of classified information
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information
(1) concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United States or any foreign government; or
(2) concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or any foreign government for cryptographic or communication intelligence purposes; or
(3) concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government; or
(4) obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to have been obtained by such processes
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section
The term classified information means information which, at the time of a violation of this section, is, for reasons of national security, specifically designated by a United States Government Agency for limited or restricted dissemination or distribution;
The terms code, cipher, and cryptographic system include in their meanings, in addition to their usual meanings, any method of secret writing and any mechanical or electrical device or method used for the purpose of disguising or concealing the contents, significance, or meanings of communications;
The term foreign government includes in its meaning any person or persons acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any faction, party, department, agency, bureau, or military force of or within a foreign country, or for or on behalf of any government or any person or persons purporting to act as a government within a foreign country, whether or not such government is recognized by the United States;
The term communication intelligence means all procedures and methods used in the interception of communications and the obtaining of information from such communications by other than the intended recipients;
The term unauthorized person means any person who, or agency which, is not authorized to receive information of the categories set forth in subsection (a) of this section, by the President, or by the head of a department or agency of the United States Government which is expressly designated by the President to engage in communication intelligence activities for the United States.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the furnishing, upon lawful demand, of information to any regularly constituted committee of the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States of America, or joint committee thereof.
(d)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation; and
(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation.
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1).
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (e) through (p) of section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e)(p)), shall apply to
(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection;
(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and
(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation to such property,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/html/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap37-sec798.htm
I would contend that this (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022897356) is "willfully," "predjudicial" and "unauthorized."
Again, search warrants and Subpoenas are issued not based on reasonable suspicion.
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CONFIRMED: Fox News Hack James Rosen Is A Political Operative, Not A Journalist [View all]
ProSense
May 2013
OP
Proceed ...the news came out tonight that FOX was informed of this investigation THREE YEARS AGO. nt
kelliekat44
May 2013
#125
How will the media spin this? Probably won't change anything since they hate the Obama admin,
kelliekat44
May 2013
#7
nonsense, all reporting is a political. Reporters should attempt to reveal government secrets.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#85
Journalists don't need to be "neutral" or any such thing. It's OK for Fox "News" to hate Obama.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#87
We are talking about government surveillance based on allegations of criminal conspiracy.
woo me with science
May 2013
#23
No, the government *used* accusations of criminal conspiracy in order to *obtain* the warrant,
woo me with science
May 2013
#29
Again, we are talking about government surveillance based on accusations of criminal conspiracy,
woo me with science
May 2013
#39
There is nothing criminal about a journalist's soliciting information. Or receiving it.
woo me with science
May 2013
#44
Exactly what part of the US Code you cited would apply in this case? The statute you are using
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#53
"He released information pertaining to the North Korean response to sanctions."
ProSense
May 2013
#55
What was provided to him had nothing to do with the statute you cited. That statute concerns the
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#59
Show me where this is illegal under the appropriate US Code. Obtaining classified information
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#60
You have really missed the mark here. And your cut and paste reply tells me all I need to know.
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#75
It is the necessary and usual step when accusing someone of a crime. The federal government
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#84
What is nonsense is *your* assertion that a search warrant is not issued against a targeted person
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#99
The warrant may be issued to a person or business, but the affidavit must show probable cause
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#107
Yes they did, In the affidavit they named him as a co-conspirator and wanted his records
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#111
Wow, the ignorance you are showing relating to the facts here is stunning. Is it really that hard
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#119
I was just as appalled when Nixon targeted the Pentagon Paper reporters. I remember
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#126
The government had no justification to make the accusation they did
woo me with science
May 2013
#45
Please pass that information on to Prosense. I'm getting tired of explaining it to her. (nt)
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#113
There was no evidence or even suggestion of criminal behavior here.
woo me with science
May 2013
#46
Actually it's not illegal for a reporter to obtain classified information, except in very well
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#50
As you can see above, the OP is embarrassingly and disturbingly serious,
woo me with science
May 2013
#31
I'm still waiting for Prosense to excerpt the part of the applicable US Code that
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#100
No, I'm waiting for you to show me something in writing that you contend here repeatedly.
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#108
In other words, you can't provide the simple bit of information I requested that would prove
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#112
Look, I've documented every contention I've made. It's all here in the thread. You, on the
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#117
All I've done is document facts. That you don't like that is not my problem.
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#120
I understand. I've not only made my points, but documented them. All anyone has to do is read
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#132
Sometimes we have to put up with the smoke bombs in our attempt to educate. I appreciate
SlimJimmy
May 2013
#137