送交者: steven 于 2005-11-01, 15:31:10:
回答: Fitz said my point 由 右派网 于 2005-11-01, 14:56:28:
particular person Scoot Libby was, and he lied to the grand jury, and the speical council. Therefore, it makes the sepcial council hard to find the truth. That is why he was indicted. As for the ways of classified information protection, why do you want to know about it? You don't have the need-to-know :). All you need to know is that: leaking classified information is a criminal offense.
"美国的特工保护法（USC 50-421）明确规定，只有CIA的秘密特工“covert agent”，在过去五年之内曾经在海外使用秘密身份工作过的CIA雇员才受其保护。"
The only "five year" mentioned in USC 50-421 is five year prison. There isn't anything about only CIA covert agent .... Don't you read English?
Here is USC 421: see for yourself,
§ 421. Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources
Release date: 2005-03-17
(a) Disclosure of information by persons having or having had access to classified information that identifies covert agent
Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified information
Whoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identify of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents
Whoever, in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual’s classified intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(d) Imposition of consecutive sentences
A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment.