Intelligence Identities Protection Act
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The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 97–200, 50 U.S.C. §§ 421–426) is a United States federal law that makes it a federal crime for those with access to classified information, or those who systematically seek to identify and expose covert agents and have reason to believe that it will harm the foreign intelligence activities of the U.S.,[1] to intentionally reveal the identity of an agent whom one knows to be in or recently in certain covert roles with a U.S. intelligence agency, unless the United States has publicly acknowledged or revealed the relationship.[2]
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Other short titles | Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1981 |
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Long title | An Act to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | IIPA |
Nicknames | Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 |
Enacted by | the 97th United States Congress |
Effective | June 23, 1982 |
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Public law | 97-200 |
Statutes at Large | 96 Stat. 122 |
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Titles amended | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
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