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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§949p–1 Protection of Classified Information: Applicability of Subchapter

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 47A— MILITARY COMMISSIONS › Subchapter V— CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES › § 949p–1

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keep classified information secret when revealing it would hurt national security. A military judge cannot order it released to anyone not cleared to see it. Any evidence a judge admits must be given to the accused. Trial lawyers must work with the officials who originally classified the material to remove classification when possible, and that choice cannot be reviewed. Court rulings on the Classified Information Procedures Act guide how to read these rules unless they clash with this chapter.

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Title 10, §949p–1

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Classified information shall be protected and is privileged from disclosure if disclosure would be detrimental to the national security. Under no circumstances may a military judge order the release of classified information to any person not authorized to receive such information.
(b)Any information admitted into evidence pursuant to any rule, procedure, or order by the military judge shall be provided to the accused.
(c)Trial counsel shall work with the original classification authorities for evidence that may be used at trial to ensure that such evidence is declassified to the maximum extent possible, consistent with the requirements of national security. A decision not to declassify evidence under this section shall not be subject to review by a military commission or upon appeal.
(d)The judicial construction of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.) shall be authoritative in the interpretation of this subchapter, except to the extent that such construction is inconsistent with the specific requirements of this chapter.

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The Classified Information Procedures Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 96–456, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2025, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

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10 U.S.C. § 949p–1

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60