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Incidents, stage: punish, head of government Ronald Reagan
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ContinentNorth America
StagePunish 1
OutcomeUpheld by a court 1
LevelNational 1
Head of governmentRonald Reagan
United States: Espionage Act conviction of Samuel Loring Morison for leaking satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly, 1985 to 1988
Naval intelligence analyst Samuel Loring Morison was convicted under the Espionage Act after he sent classified satellite photographs to a British defense publication in 1984. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit uphel…
Secrets and espionage laws · Stage Punish · Head of government Ronald Reagan · Upheld by a court
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