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Matt Blaze @mattblaze@federate.social

Question for federal criminal law talking people: The latest Comey information charges him with violating 18 USC § 793(d), a broad statute covering mishandling national defense information. Everyone (including Comey's lawyers) seems to believe the statute of limitations here is 10 years. But I can find no exception to the default five year rule for 793. What am I missing?

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(There's a similar offense in 50 USC § 783 with a 10 year limit, but that wasn't charged here).

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze@federate.social

The answer (mentioned in a motion from Comey) seems to lie somewhere in the Internal Security Act of 1950, which I can't find with a quick search.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze@federate.social

@gregtitus Wait, I don't think that's right. The text there seems to be what became 50 USC § 783, not 18 USC § 793 (which is what was charged here).

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Greg Titus @gregtitus@social.coop

@mattblaze Oops! Looking again, I think it's still in that document, page 1005:

"An indictment for any violation of title 18, United States
Code, section 792, 793, or 794, other than a violation constituting a
capital offense, may be found at any time within ten years next after
such violation shall have been committed"

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