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DevonRex

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94. List of laws involving national security. Please note the ones he's
Fri Jun 21, 2013, 09:43 PM
Jun 2013

Charged (so far) with breaking. For your convenience - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Et+Seq.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/90mcrm.htm#9-90.020

Criminal provisions affecting, involving, or relating to the national security are:
2 U.S.C. § 192 (Contempts of Congress Related to National Security)

8 U.S.C. § 1185(b) (Travel Controls of Citizens)

18 U.S.C. § 219 et seq. (Officers and Employees of the United States Acting as Foreign Agents)

18 U.S.C. § 791 et seq. (Espionage; Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information)

18 U.S.C. § 951 et seq. (Neutrality Laws)

18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(1) (Computer Espionage)

18 U.S.C. § 1542 et seq. (Passport Violations Related to National Security)

18 U.S.C. § 1924 (Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents or Material)

18 U.S.C. § 1831 (Economic Espionage)

18 U.S.C. § 2151 et seq. (Sabotage)

18 U.S.C. § 2381 et seq. (Treason, Sedition and Subversive Activities)

22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq. (Foreign Agents Registration)

22 U.S.C. § 2778 (Arms Export Control Act)

42 U.S.C. § 2274 to 2278, 2284, and other Atomic Energy Violations that Affect National Security (Atomic Energy Act)

50 U.S.C. § 421 (Intelligence Identities Protection Act)

50 U.S.C. § 782 et seq. (Communication of Classified Information by Government Officer or Employee)

50 U.S.C. § 851 et seq. (Registration of Person Who Has Knowledge Concerning Espionage Activities)

50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. (International Emergency Economic Powers Act)

50 U.S.C. § 2401 et seq. (Export Administration Act)

50 U.S.C. App. § 5(b) (Trading With the Enemy Act)

Further readinghttp://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/90mcrm.htm#9-90.200

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U.S. charges Snowden with espionage [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 OP
His Actions Seem To Fit The Statute, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2013 #1
It's so much beyond him, but that's ok nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2
LOL, it is pretty scary when someone politely disagrees with you. FSogol Jun 2013 #6
Let's not pretend "The Magistrate" politely does anything. MNBrewer Jun 2013 #10
schtick distilled bobduca Jun 2013 #72
Coldly calculated, at that. MNBrewer Jun 2013 #73
How on earth did the Magistrate offend you with those simple truthful words? DCBob Jun 2013 #45
truthful? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #74
Perhaps because he speaks out of both sides of his mouth. reusrename Jun 2013 #75
He was charged with theft of government property. reusrename Jun 2013 #70
It's in the rocket docket. How is that secret? nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #84
Yes, that way any of us interested in knowing about any of this truedelphi Jun 2013 #89
List of laws involving national security. Please note the ones he's DevonRex Jun 2013 #94
From the link: ProSense Jun 2013 #3
Article excerpt from yesterday, below Tx4obama Jun 2013 #4
What you mean Clinton era global government ceonupe Jun 2013 #47
Sounds like he'll be US bound flamingdem Jun 2013 #97
Now we get to see how much the Chinese think he is worth. Rex Jun 2013 #5
Obama's amazing Transparent Surveillance State Machine rolls on! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #7
Thanks, Obama... SidDithers Jun 2013 #11
Can always count on you to say MNBrewer Jun 2013 #13
Yep cpwm17 Jun 2013 #15
Just like we can count on anti-Obama snark from you... SidDithers Jun 2013 #25
+1000. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #49
When he or his administration gets something right, I comment MNBrewer Jun 2013 #68
Complicate in a good way or a bad way? dkf Jun 2013 #8
Bad way for the US nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #9
Someone made a point that the espionage charge is due to disclosing Chinese hack attacks to a dkf Jun 2013 #26
Might, I don't know. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #35
And spying on a university. Geez. dkf Jun 2013 #37
They do as well. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #40
the way i see it a newspaper is a newspaper Monkie Jun 2013 #67
OP is completely unfamiliar with this, which is not surprising. Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #27
Hasn't he been charged? dkf Jun 2013 #29
This is a sealed criminal complaint... Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #31
Sealed criminal compliant...still all this damned secrecy. dkf Jun 2013 #41
WOW. You don't know how common this is in federal cases, do you? Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #44
Well I hope we never see it then. dkf Jun 2013 #58
"the little tricks of legalese" OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #69
Unfortunately I am learning about due process thanks to govt overreach dkf Jun 2013 #71
You could've started at the library. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #77
But they didn't have to, did they? dkf Jun 2013 #83
Didn't have to what? OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #85
Seal it. dkf Jun 2013 #90
makes me laugh that those on DU continually wishing to string up Obama.... Sheepshank Jun 2013 #86
The good news for Snowden is MNBrewer Jun 2013 #12
Or Pakistan. Rex Jun 2013 #19
+1 n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #32
Can it ever be a crime to report wrong-doing by gov? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #14
Under US law? Yes nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #17
Another poster explained to me it is now unethical to report unethical behavior in government avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #22
Yup, give me a sec, and will give you link nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #30
Right, but it hasn't been addressed by the SCOTUS usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #39
We first need a case. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #42
State vs Edward Snowden usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #51
Yeah, but the court needs to take it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #52
Agreed but at least it will remove any remaining doubt usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #78
True nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #79
You are ignoring the fact that he STOLE classified government documents. n/t Tx4obama Jun 2013 #20
"wrong-doing"? ProSense Jun 2013 #55
Wrong usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #76
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." davidn3600 Jun 2013 #16
Yup nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #18
'Saying something' and STEALING classified government documents are two totally different things. Tx4obama Jun 2013 #21
No... Sometimes Merely Saying Something Is A Criminal Act... Even For Sitting U.S. Senators... WillyT Jun 2013 #28
You might want to read this nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #36
so you see a house on fire with a baby inside, but the door is locked Monkie Jun 2013 #92
Yep Catherina Jun 2013 #46
"Realize this will complicate any extradition request" Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #23
LOL! n/t ProSense Jun 2013 #34
Crunchy... SidDithers Jun 2013 #59
Pay back's a bitch cpwm17 Jun 2013 #24
You can bet that the trial, if it occurs, will be a closed affair Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #33
Well by the time they get to trial... nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #38
It will be closed before it could even start Catherina Jun 2013 #54
Its a clear case of espionage.. even it he didn't realize it or intend it. DCBob Jun 2013 #43
You mean the same ones that nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #48
How? davidn3600 Jun 2013 #50
He could have taken it to someone like Bernie Sanders... DCBob Jun 2013 #57
Two links nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #61
I think these are not comparable cases. DCBob Jun 2013 #64
Drake was as well until it wasn't nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #65
Wikileaks has arranged a plane ready to fly him to Iceland. FarCenter Jun 2013 #53
Hong Kong tends to not do extraditions nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #56
One possibility is that Hong Kong takes him into custody awaiting the outcome of extradition process FarCenter Jun 2013 #60
We will see nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #63
He won't make it to Iceland. nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #66
Good. lamp_shade Jun 2013 #62
So much for the national conversation about the spying. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #80
They are trying to stop it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #81
Did Snowden receive any compensation for the info he released...from anyone? Sheepshank Jun 2013 #82
if he wanted money why leak in public, your question makes no sense? Monkie Jun 2013 #91
I can think of at least two responses Sheepshank Jun 2013 #100
i lost you at i can think Monkie Jun 2013 #101
Tyrants have strong thumbs..weak fingers. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #87
His actions were terribly misplaced, the cause will be exposed and those involved Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #88
You are confusing, pretty adroitly I must say, nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #93
So what Snowden reported *wasn't* Bullshit. Otherwise why bother charging him? n/t yodermon Jun 2013 #95
Nope...talking points need revision nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #96
Snowden took real documents from a NSA server and shared them with unauthorized people. DCBob Jun 2013 #98
The reason to charge him is because he committed several felonies. Tx4obama Jun 2013 #99
Welcome to bizzaro world Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #102
Well, per MSNBC Snowden is going to Ecuador to seek political asylum nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #103
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