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There's been discussion, arising from Mar-a-Lago docs, re whether DOJ in practice would ever charge Espionage Act for unclassified info. It's an outlier, but in 2014 a navy engineer pleaded guilty to §794 re unclassified schematics for an aircraft carrier. justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/navy-civilian-engineer-pleads-guilty-attempted-espionage
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The guy was originally indicted under a different statute, §2778, which has to do with arms exports controls. pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/179/310965/18916085828.pdf But struck a plea deal for §794. pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/179/310965/18916492547.pdf pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/179/310965/18916492555.pdf 11 year sentence.