Reply #142: Wow

[Marie26]

I thought I was very specific; I quoted the statute that applies. But I guess I was just nebulously appealing to authority. Here's the text of the entire IIPA, 50 USC 421:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Intelligence_Identities_Protection_Act.
You've put the whole Title 798 act up there, so it's pretty clear what it applies to in Sec. (a)(1): covert codes, cryptographic devices, info about communication intelligence activities (wiretaps), or info from wiretaps. Nowhere does it say this law applies to disclosure of a covert agent's identity. In contrast, the IIPA does state specifically that it applies to the "Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources." Wouldn't that statute be a little more relevant here? I can't believe I'm wasting time on this, but I'm an attorney now & have learned how to parse & argue useless legal points.