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The DSMA Notice System

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If an editor does publish/broadcast something which is damaging to national security, or threatens to do so, what does the DSMA-Notice system do about it?

When a newspaper or broadcast channel inadvertently releases information which might damage national security, the Secretary may contact the editor to point this out and offer advice on how further inadvertent damage might be avoided. If the release of information is intentional, no further action is taken by the DSMA-Notice Secretary. If a government department is sufficiently concerned, they may initiate police and/or legal action, but this is not at the behest, or with the involvement in any other way, of the DSMA-Notice Secretary or Committee.