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Legal question: if Charlie steals classified files and gives them to Ann, and then Bob gives Charlie $1M (no known connection between Bob and Charlie), can Bob be prosecuted for post-facto "encouraging sources to (i) circumvent legal safeguards on information; (ii) provide that protected information to Ann for public dissemination; and (iii) continuing the pattern of illegally procuring and providing protected information to Ann for distribution to the public"?



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