"The FBI is now investigating whether Raven’s American staff leaked classified U.S. surveillance techniques and if they illegally targeted American computer networks" [1]
It's still illegal to use US classified information for a program like this and it's still illegal to target American citizens or networks.
I didn't say it wasn't, I simply said all of it could be encompassed by the specific clause of "TTP's" that is common in anyones read on-off of information. The difficulty becomes in proving what was classified and what wasn't when it comes to techniques and procedures. If you were to use a liberal sense of the term, many of your "Security Professionals" deploying their skills around the US right now would be in violation. It's why there isn't a simple non-compete / non-authorization of future work within that field, it's just not going to stand up in court.
It's all as clear as mud and in this instance the government was more than aware of their former employees working there, many returned and went back to their prior careers.. think about that one for a second.
It's still illegal to use US classified information for a program like this and it's still illegal to target American citizens or networks.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-spyi...