Tag: USA: WikiLeaks vs C.I.A

NOVANEWS By Jay Syrmopoulos Activist Post A SECRET declassified report by then-CIA Director William Casey, titled, “Unauthorized Disclosures to the Media” proposed creating legislation that would make possession of classified information a criminal offense. At the time that would make anyone reading a New York Times article with classified information, or WikiLeaks in the modern-era, criminally liable and able to be prosecuted by the state. . Although Casey was in favor of creating new legislation to specifically target media leaks, as well as those who come to possess those leaks (journalists or readers), he argued against utilization of the Espionage Act to prosecute leakers. The former CIA Director reasoned that using the Espionage Act to target leakers was extreme, ex...