Latest on Espionage Act stuff

From my pal Rick Blum for the Sunshine in Government Initiative:

The markup on S. 236 was postponed.

Senator Kyl dropped his original broad language yesterday afternoon and last night circulated narrower language that he intended to bring up. Feingold, the sponsor of S. 236, the data mining bill, postponed consideration of it until the next meeting. The narrower language is still problematic.

Here is the new language:

SEC. 4. PROTECTION FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AN ANNEX TO A DATA MINING REPORT.

Except as specifically authorized by paragraph (b)(8) of section 3 of this Act, whoever, being an employee of the United States House of Representatives or Senate, or being entrusted with or having lawful possession of, access to, or control over, any classified information contained in an annex made available pursuant to paragraph (b)(8) of section 3 of this Act, and who knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available such information to an unauthorized person, shall be fined under Title 18 of the United States Code or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.