New CRS Report on "The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework"
Our friends over at Secrecy News, which I am adding to the Lawfare News Feed, have released a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework." Its summary reads:
This report provides an overview of the relationship between executive and legislative authority over national security information, and summarizes the current laws that form the le
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Our friends over at Secrecy News, which I am adding to the Lawfare News Feed, have released a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework." Its summary reads:
This report provides an overview of the relationship between executive and legislative authority over national security information, and summarizes the current laws that form the legal framework protecting classified information, including current executive orders and some agency regulations pertaining to the handling of unauthorized disclosures of classified information by government officers and employees. The report also summarizes criminal laws that pertain specifically to the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, as well as civil and administrative penalties. Finally, the report describes some recent developments in executive branch security policies and relevant legislative activity.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
