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Five Documents To A Blogger
United States v. Leibowitz (2010)
Charge: Unlawful disclosure of classified informationCourt: U.S. District Court, D. Md.State: MarylandDocket: State Secrets
The facts
A contract linguist working for a federal law-enforcement agency held a top secret clearance for about eight months. Prosecutors said that during that time he took five classified documents and handed them to a person who ran an internet blog, and the blogger then published information drawn from them online. The documents were classified at the secret level and concerned the government's communication intelligence work, meaning the interception and analysis of other people's communications.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Leibowitz, U.S. District Court, D. Md. (2010)
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