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Intelligence Identities Protection Act

Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982. (Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents.) Pub. L. 97-200, June 23, 1982; 96 Stat. 122; 50 U.S.C. (sections) 421(c)-426.

American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Law and National Security. "Intelligence Identities Protection Act Signed Into Law by President." Intelligence Report 4, no. 7 (1982): 1-2, 12. [Petersen]

Bazan, Elizabeth B. Intelligence Identities Protection Act. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 3 Oct. 2003.

From "Summary": "There do not appear to be any published cases involving prosecutions under this Act."

Boston University International Law Journal. "The First Amendment Goes Undercover: A Constitutional Analysis of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982." 2 (Summer 1984): 495-511.

Brooklyn Law Review. "The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982: An Assessment of the Constitutionality of Section 601(c)." 49 (Spring 1983): 479-516.

Columbia Law Review. "The Constitutionality of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act." 83 (Apr. 1983): 727-754.

Maffet, Meri W. "Open Secrets: Protecting the Identity of the CIA's Intelligence Gatherers in a First Amendment Society." Hastings Law Journal 32, no. 6 (Jul. 1981): 1723-1775.

Stanford Law Review. "'Naming Names': Unauthorized Disclosure of Intelligence Agents' Identities." 33 (Apr. 1981): 693-713.

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