Confidentiality Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, publishes, divulges, discloses or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any information coming to him in the course of his employment or official duties or by reason of any examination or investigation made by, or return, report or record made to or filed with, such department or agency or officer or employee thereof, which information relates to trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus, or to the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association; or permits any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particular thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be removed from office or employment.
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