He said such action would be taken if organisations like the BBC or the Savile estate denied liability, prompting lawyers to seek disclosure from the police.
The Smyth scandal and the disclosure that the authorities were complicit in the cover-up led to the collapse of the Fianna Fáil-Labour government, which at the time was basking in the glow of helping to secure the IRA's 1994 ceasefire.
A spokeswoman from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said: "Any unauthorised disclosure of information is an offence, the portfolio will continue to refer any matters to relevant agencies for consideration and investigation".
If the presence of a hidden bank account is established, Le Pen could face action for failing to make a full disclosure of his estate to financial watchdogs and possibly for tax fraud.
NGOs are also required to mark their publications with the term, and start any oral statement with a disclosure that it is being delivered by a foreign agent.
"The US government, just as they did with other whistleblowers, immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home, openly declaring me guilty of treason and that the disclosure of secret, criminal, and even unconstitutional acts is an unforgivable crime.
Jonathan Blanks, a research associate for the Cato Institute's study of police misconduct, said thanks to Maryland's law enforcement officers' bill of rights, which bans the disclosure of personnel files, "we don't know who is misbehaving" among Baltimore's ranks.
They are obliged to mark all their publications with "foreign agent" and to begin each oral statement with a disclosure that it is being given by a foreign agent.
Last month, HP stunned investors when it announced it was taking an $8.8bn charge against the $11.1bn it had paid for the British company it had bought from Lynch the year before, and said that over $5bn of that write-off stemmed from "accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and misrepresentations" – charges all denied by its ex-boss.
Clinton faced a furore last month over the disclosure that as secretary of state she conducted government business over a personal email server.
A long leader, Memos put an end to the ludicrous idea that Britain's monarchy is politically neutral, made out a reasonable case for disclosure.
