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Re:Snowden Document Search by d_theorist on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:54AM (#9705530)
Perhaps I should say 'copyright violation' rather than 'handling stolen property'.
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Re:Snowden Document Search by Karunamon on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:19AM (#9706007)
Government-produced content like this isn't subject to copyright, if I recall correctly.
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Re:Snowden Document Search by d_theorist on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:42AM (#9706156)
Looks like you are probably right:

"Usually, a work receives copyright protection as soon as pen hits paper. However, a work created by an NSA employee, or any USG employee, as a part of the employee's official duties is not entitled to copyright protection"[1]

[1]https://www.nsa.gov/research/tnw/tnw193/article4.shtml

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