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   From: treason@cnn.com   
      
   §903a. Art. 103a. Espionage   
   (a)(1) Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent or   
   reason   
   to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United   
   States or to   
   the advantage of a foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or   
   transmits, or attempts to communicate, deliver, or transmit, to   
   any   
   entity described in paragraph (2), either directly or indirectly,   
   anything described in paragraph (3) shall be punished as a   
   courtmartial   
   may direct, except that if the accused is found guilty of an   
   offense that directly concerns (A) nuclear weaponry, military   
   spacecraft or satellites, early warning systems, or other means   
   of   
   defense or retaliation against large scale attack, (B) war   
   plans, (C)   
   communications intelligence or cryptographic information, or (D)   
   any other major weapons system or major element of defense   
   strategy, the accused shall be punished by death or such other   
   punishment as a court-martial may direct.   
      
   (2) An entity referred to in paragraph (1) is—   
   (A) a foreign government;   
   (B) a faction or party or military or naval force within a   
   foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United   
   States; or   
   (C) a representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or   
   citizen of such a government, faction, party, or force.   
      
   (3) A thing referred to in paragraph (1) is a document, writing,   
   code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic   
   negative,   
   blueprint, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or   
   information relating to the national defense.   
   (b)(1) No person may be sentenced by court-martial to suffer   
   death   
   for an offense under this section (article) unless—   
   (A) the members of the court-martial unanimously find at   
   least one of the aggravating factors set out in subsection (c);   
   and   
   (B) the members unanimously determine that any extenuating   
   or mitigating circumstances are substantially outweighed by any   
   aggravating circumstances, including the aggravating factors set   
   out   
   in subsection (c).   
   (2) Findings under this subsection may be based on—   
   (A) evidence introduced on the issue of guilt or innocence;   
   (B) evidence introduced during the sentencing proceeding; or   
   (C) all such evidence.   
   (3) The accused shall be given broad latitude to present matters   
   in extenuation and mitigation.   
   (c) A sentence of death may be adjudged by a court-martial for an   
   offense under this section (article) only if the members   
   unanimously find, beyond a reasonable doubt, one or more of the   
   following aggravating factors:   
   (1) The accused has been convicted of another offense involving   
   espionage or treason for which either a sentence of death or   
   imprisonment for life was authorized by statute.   
   (2) In the commission of the offense, the accused knowingly   
   created a grave risk of substantial damage to the national   
   security.   
   (3) In the commission of the offense, the accused knowingly   
   created a grave risk of death to another person.   
   (4) Any other factor that may be prescribed by the President by   
   regulations under section 836 of this title (article 36).   
              
      
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