§3121 Protection of Identities of Certain United States Undercover Intelligence Officers, Agents, Informants, and Sources

Summary

Makes it a crime to reveal the identity of a covert agent to people who are not allowed to get classified information, when the person revealing it knew the agent was undercover and that the U.S. was taking steps to hide that relationship. Someone who had or has authorized access to classified information and intentionally tells an unauthorized person who the covert agent is can be fined under Title 18, put in prison for up to 15 years, or both. If a person learns the agent’s identity because they had access to classified information and then intentionally tells an unauthorized person, the penalty is a fine under Title 18, up to 10 years in prison, or both. If someone acts in a pattern to find and expose covert agents and, knowing this could harm U.S. intelligence, reveals an agent’s identity to an unauthorized person, the penalty is a fine under Title 18, up to 3 years in prison, or both. Any jail time under these rules must be served after any other prison sentence.