Under 18 U.S.C. § 793 (e) , [w]hoever having unauthorized possession of, access to , or control over any document ...or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates , delivers , transmits or causes to be
communicated, delivered, or transmitted or attempts to do or causes the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee.
of the United States entitled to receiveit shall be fined or imprisonednot more than ten years, or
both.
9. Under Executive Order 13526, information in any form may be classified if it: (1) is owned by , produced by or for , or is under the control of the United States Government; (2) falls within one or more of the categories set forth in the Executive Order [Top Secret , Secret, and Confidential]; and (3 ) is classified by an original classification authority who determines that its unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security .
ofthe United States entitled to receiveit shall be fined or imprisonednot more than ten years, or
both.
9. Under Executive Order 13526, information in any form may be classified ifit: (1)
is owned by , produced by or for , or is under the control of the United States Government; (2) falls
within one or more of the categories set forth in the Executive Order [Top Secret , Secret, and
Confidential]; and (3 ) is classified by an original classification authority who determines that its
unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security .
