Punishment for selling secrets to hostile foreign gov

spyenemy

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Now I”m going to ask you about several offenses. For each case, indicate (Number 1-6) what you would consider the appropriate punishment for each case. C. A Navy petty officer with the highest security clearance made copies of secret codes and other classified intelligence materials and sold them to an agent of a hostile foreign government.

Values

1 reprimand
2 dismiss/military
3 one yr in prison
4 5-9 yrs in prisn
5 10-20 yrs prison
6 life in prison
NA(d) don't know / NA(i) iap / NA(j) I don't have a job / NA(m) dk, na, iap / NA(n) no answer / NA(p) not imputable / NA(r) refused / NA(s) skipped on web / NA(u) uncodeable / NA(x) not available in this release / NA(y) not available in this year / NA(z) see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

year	ballots	availability
1998	A/B/C	full

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