They also feared that the Trade Secrets Act would not be a very powerful deterrent in this situation, because the Justice Department would be unlikely to prosecute a bureaucrat for releasing documents to the public.

• 公司还担忧《商业机密法》在此种情形下缺少强大的威慑力，因为司法部不可能由于某行政官员向公众透露了文件而对其提起诉讼。