I'm just going to go to the heart of the matter...Responding to 423 split-up comments is too tedious and an attempt to confuscate...
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Originally Posted by cnredd
here's the general public myth that you continue to believe...That the leaking was intentional and with evil purpose...
Your secretary may be involved with leaking information, but she was not involved in MALICIOUSLY leaking information...According to the law, that's the difference between night and day...
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Originally Posted by foundit66
Can you QUOTE THE LAW which makes such a distinction in outing a CIA operative?
Please.
Let's not make up crap as we go along...
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An accusation of me making up crap...
I expect the next post to say..."You were right cnredd...I was wrong."...
Here's the whole thing courtesy of Cornell Law's webpage...
Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources
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(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.
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It's pretty cut and dry, really...
As I've stated on another forum, it's like going up to a guy you know at a bar who's holding hands with a redhead and saying "What happened with that blonde you were here with last week?"...You didn't know the guy told the redhead he dumped that blonde two months ago but was sill seeing her on the side...You now watch a drink get thrown at the guy and a slap across the face from her...
Are you a moron for opening your yap?...Yup...
Did you maliciously do so?...Nope...
The guy you know can fault you for being a moron and breaking the "man code", but he can't blame you for intentionally trying to cause a rift...
And that's what's been decided for Armitage...
Case closed...