According to Executive Order 13526 signed by President Obama in 2009, classified information does not lose its security classification even if it is leaked. So what are the dangers of accessing classified information?
Ignorantia juris non excusat may not apply as harshly to the average United States Citizen, but the consequences for the military are far greater. Military computers are now issuing warnings to protect personnel from unwittingly breaking the law and perhaps endangering their career as well as their permanent record. Skeptics seem to believe this is a military ploy to keep soldiers from knowing the dastardly secrets of the upper chain of command, however the law which is being referenced for this action was enacted on December 29, 2009.
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