On the other side were more thick plants and a pathway with another sign: authorized access only.
Lieutenant, you are now authorized access to certain Top Secret material.
A 1982 statute makes it a crime for people with authorized access to classified information to knowingly identify covert agents.
There are two contrary interpretations of the term "exceeding authorized access" by the courts.
Absolutely no one is authorized access to the information in it below the office of first deputy minister.
One makes it a crime for people with authorized access to classified information - government officials, not journalists - to identify covert agents.
The other part applies to people without such authorized access, like journalists.
"That falls under a security classification to which you are not authorized access, Lieutenant," Oliver said.
A prosecutor seeking to establish a violation of the law has to show an intentional disclosure by someone with authorized access to classified information.
The 1994 law, in contrast to the 1986 version, appropriately applied to both insiders and those without authorized access who intentionally caused damage.
