Re:Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM
by dragonwriter on Friday June 07, 2013 @07:08PM
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> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you can admit to a gag order being placed on you.
At least sometimes that it is the case, though I don't know if it generally is.
If you have been authorized to have access to classified information, such as (if one accepts the authenticity of the presentation that the Guardian and WaPo have reported on) even the existence of PRISM, on the other hand, there are fairly substantial legal consequences to unauthorized divulgence of that information, and those consequences don't necessarily go away because someone else gave out the information first.
At least sometimes that it is the case, though I don't know if it generally is.
If you have been authorized to have access to classified information, such as (if one accepts the authenticity of the presentation that the Guardian and WaPo have reported on) even the existence of PRISM, on the other hand, there are fairly substantial legal consequences to unauthorized divulgence of that information, and those consequences don't necessarily go away because someone else gave out the information first.