New York Times Co. v. United States · ¶63

At least one of the many statutes in this area seems relevant to these cases. Congress has provided in 18 U. S. C. § 793 (e) that whoever “having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book... or note relating to the national defense, 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... 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 receive it... [s]hall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.” Congress has also made it a crime to conspire to commit any of the offenses listed in 18 U. S. C. §…

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 403, at 713 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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