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Originally posted by CamB
She must have been a covert agent, or none of the inquiry would be happening and no reporters would be threatened with jail.
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Not necessarily.
As fint says, the law has a rather specific definition of "covert agent" and we don't know if she can be proven to fit that description.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/50/chapters/15/subchapters/iv/sections/section_426.html
My point about the prosecutor having collected so much infomation under oath, though, was that a perjury charge is also a possibility.