[WikiEN-l] Classified information in Wikipedia

Fri Apr 1 11:29:39 UTC 2005

Robert Merkel said:
> Hi guys,
>
> Here's a hypothetical for you.  Say somebody posts a piece of
> information about, say, an American-designed weapon, to the Wikipedia.
> A piece of information that the US government would prefer to be kept
> secret and thus is classified.  Now, the person that originally leaked
> the information could certainly be punished under US law, but is the
> Wikipedia under any *legal* obligation to delete the information,
> assuming it's relevant?

One for the lawyers, I guess.  But I think you'd have the Secret Service
or the DIA in the colo with some bolt cutters before you could say ACLU.