Comments on: Intelligence Policy on Unauthorized Disclosures (2002) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/10/unauthorized_disclosures.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/10/unauthorized_disclosures.html/comment-page-1#comment-1967 Mike Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:05:57 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=1992#comment-1967 <i>The document notably advises intelligence officials not to prepare a damage assessment of a leak whenever there is a prospect of criminal prosecution against the leaker, implicitly suggesting that an accurate damage assessment might not always favor the prosecution.</i> Steven, You have drawn the wrong implication. Since disclosure of details of a damage assessment of a leak might well cause additional damage to the national security, the advice is given to prevent further damage through required disclosure of pertinent documents to the defense at trial. The document notably advises intelligence officials not to prepare a damage assessment of a leak whenever there is a prospect of criminal prosecution against the leaker, implicitly suggesting that an accurate damage assessment might not always favor the prosecution.

Steven,

You have drawn the wrong implication. Since disclosure of details of a damage assessment of a leak might well cause additional damage to the national security, the advice is given to prevent further damage through required disclosure of pertinent documents to the defense at trial.

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