ESPIONAGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05C01629R000100070011-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: MISC

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2-5117. Espionage
(a) OrrrssF.-A person is guilty of espionage if:
(. with know!rdge that the information is to be used to
the utjurv of the L'ni;ca Mates or o the advantage of a iorrign
power, he gathers. ,.Ibtain,, o- reveals national defense ;niorma-
tion for or to a foreign power or an agent of such power. or
(2) with intent that it he communicated to the enemy and
in time of n?ar. he elicits, collects, records, publishes, or other-
wise communicates national defc.'.c information.
(b) ATTEMPT. -l\'ithout otherwise limiting the applicability of
section 1-2A4 (criminal attet:nnt ). any of the following is suffident
to constitute a substantial step under- such section toward commis-
sion of espionage under subsection 1a) 1 1) : obtaining. collecting. or
renational
y, care, or disposition rting an unauthorized of
defense information, or as to repo
minal,
delivery, loss, destruction, or compromise of such information :
(3) knowingly having unauthorized possession of a docu-
ment or thing o;ntaining national defense information, f.-- ;Is to
deliver it on demand to a' Federal public servant entitled tre-
ceive it :
(4? knowingly communicates, uses, or otherwise r..akes
available to all. unauthorized person communications informa-
tion :
(5) knowingly uses communications informa*ion : or
(6) knowingly communicates national defense information
to an agent or representative of a foreign power or to an officer
or member of an Organization which is, in fact. defined in section
7S?(5), title 50, United States Code.
cl:ci:ing n-,trr1 n'j! 'lrlrncc It.i,'tn:atilt,, OT r?ntcI;rIg 1 re.ttld c.) :.Ie:t to
.,htair. =tt:h information.
(c) Tr hayc_The t;P,ense 's a Class A felony ii enmmittet; ill
time of 1.ar or if the !r!f rnlati,)n directis concerns military missiie5,
:pace vessels, satellites, nuclear v--aponry, early warning systems or
ctaer means of defense or retaliation against attack by a foreign
uar plans, or defense s?rategy. . Ctlterwisc it is a Class R
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? 2-5B8. Misuse of National Defense Information
(a) Ot=NsE-A person is guilty of an offense if in a manner
harmful to the safety of the United States he:
(1) knowingly reveals national defense information to a
person who is not authorized to receive it,
(2) is a public servant and with criminal negligence vio-
lates a known duty as to custod
(b 1 GRADJXG - he offense is a Class C felon, if it is commit:--d
in time of war. Otherwise it is a Class D felon-,'
The key te-ri "national defense information" is explicitly defined:
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re-
vealed could be harmful to national defen eaand which might
be u,-(f ul to the enemy ;
t vii) defense intelligence of the United Stites. including
information relating to in:ellige-ce operations, activities, plans.
estimates, analyses, sources. arid methods.
1--\ Jauona. defense information" means information regarding:
(i) the military capability ci the United States or cf a
nation at war with a nation with which the United States is at
war;
(ii) military or defense planning or operations of the
United States:
(iii) military communications, research, or development of
the United States ;
(iv) restricted data n s defined in section 2014, title 42,
United Mates Code:
(v) communications information;
(Vii in time of >,v any t
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(a) OFFENSE.-A person is gi'i,tr of an of cr.!_e, if. with intent that
information relating to the nat-,final \;efense be used, or with knew!.
e'lgr that it ma) be used. to tiic; nreiudice of the safety or inteiest
v!i,,,,unicatcs such infc,r r, ati'm
to a fnreign 1x,%%?(-r;
2,% ? 1`;aii)s nr col;Ccts such infortimtir'n for a fc+reign l,r+\-er
or w'it': l:n':?ci; j c that it
g niay be cumtnnnicated to a foreign
y+.nat-c : nr
(?s) er'(e:s a restricted area With ititent to (,ht in or collect
ion info r^,riation for aioreign f,:,\\'cr or with l?nv+w?le,lge that
be e(Immunica.ed to a foreign power.
Insofar as "cortrnunicate" means "to make information available by aui+?
means, to a person or to the general public," the statute makes it an offense
to collect national defense information knowing that it may be published.
"National defense information- is defined .lightly more narrow;v than in S. 1.
but does include:
[I)nformation, regardless (If its origin, relating to:
(I j the militar\? capability of the United
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* . States... -
(= 1 military xea.; weapon t
of t:.P ' s (.eceluhment. or weapons research
i ~-c F?~:trs. .
(9,% the conduct '+f foreign relations affecting the national de-
fence....
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