Press Can Be Prosecuted for Having Secret Files, U.S. Says

[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Walter Pincus]
The Bush administration said that journalists can be prosecuted under current espionage laws for receiving and publishing classified information but that such a step "would raise legitimate and serious issues and would not be undertaken lightly," according to a court filing made public this week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR200602...
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