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In reply to the discussion: Obama Asserts Executive Privilege On Fast And Furious Documents [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)Published by Congress the instant they received it. Contains protected information. There's a billion other leaks during the Clinton administration.
The reason you don't know specific Congresspeople who leaked is because it's virtually impossible to find the leaker without the Executive branch stomping all over Congress to figure out which Congressperson leaked. So the leakers from Congress are not prosecuted.
As for Libby, my entire point was your claim that there is almost no penalty for the executive branch leaking is wrong. As is evidenced by Libby requiring a pardon to avoid jail time.
Also, the power to classify information was granted to the President by Congress. If the president wants something leaked, he can. Because he has the power to declassify anything he feels like.