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Intelligence Identities Protection Act
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Creation Date January 28, Description Last Updated Aug. Usage Statistics When was this report last used? Where Geographical information about where this report originated or about its content. As of January [update] , there have been only two successful prosecutions involving the statute. Kiriakou , a former CIA officer, who accepted a plea bargain , is serving a prison sentence for disclosing the name of another CIA officer to a reporter.
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The criminal provisions of the act are contained in 50 U. During Congress's consideration of the measure, much attention is paid to subsection c , which states:. 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.
Under this subsection, journalists and political commentators alike could be prosecuted should they show an effort towards discovering or revealing identities of covert agents. However, it was ultimately concluded by the Senate Judiciary and the Conference Committee that the measure is constitutionally sound. Individuals would only be prosecuted if they engage in a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents, on the grounds that such actions goes beyond information that might contribute to informed public debate on foreign policy or foreign intelligence activities.
The Conference Committee assured that U. However, commentators are still wary of the measure, finding c standard over-broad since it lacks a 'specific intent requirement' and instead relies on a 'reason to believe' standard. Between and , an investigation was conducted by prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald into whether this law and others were violated in the identification of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in a newspaper column by Robert Novak.
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In the documentary they planned to reveal the identity of two CIA agents. They claim that their webmaster later posted an email containing the identities by accident. The identities then spread to the wider Internet. As part of a plea agreement, Kiriakou accepted a month prison term, while the charges filed under the Espionage Act were dropped.
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He was sentenced on January 25, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Intelligence Identities Protection Act Other short titles Intelligence Identities Protection Act of Long title An Act to amend the National Security Act of to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources. War and National Defense U.
Introduced in the House as H. Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
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