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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by andrewljohnson on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @11:33AM (#5978474)
The law you cite clearly says the information must be "relating to national defense."

In the example I have created, while wildly fantastic and unbelievable, the information does not relate to national defense at all. It is simply a record of a conspiracy committed by powerful people, which was "classified" by those same powerful people.

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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by foobarqux on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @02:53PM (#5979961)
I was presuming that the justification for any of the actions would be national defense and at least have a tenuous connection to national defense as would be the case in any realistic scenario. It is not hard to come up with one even for your outlandish example.
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