Espionage Act

Obama Administration Called Out for Hypocrisy Over Whistleblower Prosecutions

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Hypocrisy, Whistleblowers, Jay Carney, Accountability, Whistleblower, Espionage Act, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obama Administration has brandished the Espionage Act in six cases to prosecute leaks of classified information to the media, compared to just three such cases in all previous administrations.

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Obama's War on Journalism

Dan Kennedy | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: John Ashcroft, Jay Carney, Espionage Act, George W. Bush, New York Times, Jake Tapper, ABC News, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Barack Obama, David Carr, National Security, Obama National Security, Media News

Kudos to David Carr of the New York Times for shining a light on an issue that doesn't attract nearly the attention that it should: the Obama administration's abuse of the Espionage Act, which in turn has led to a virtual war on journalism and free expression.

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Case Unlikely To Deter Obama Administration's Vigorous Legal Attack On Leakers

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 08.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Criminal defendants of all stripes in national security cases, including Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the Iran-Contra affair and...

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Obama Admin Rebuffed In War Against Whistleblowers

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Thomas Drake Whistleblower, Nsa, National Security Agency, Whistleblowers, Thomas Drake NSA, Obama Whistleblowers, Espionage, Espionage Act, Thomas Drake, Politics News

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to drop their Espionage Act case against National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drak...

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Why Thomas Drake Is Not an Enemy of the State

Jesselyn Radack | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Nsa, Jesselyn Radack, National Security Agency, Whistleblowers, Espionage Act, Thomas Drake, Politics News

Former NSA senior official Thomas Drake is a whistleblower. Through legal and proper channels, he disclosed massive corruption, gross waste and mismanagement to tune of billions of taxpayer dollars, and widespread illegal domestic surveillance.

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WikiLeaks and Democracy

Vincent Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julian Assange, Democracy, Center for Constitutional Rights, Constitution, Legal, Wikileaks, Khaled El-Masri, Espionage Act, Media, Zaragoza, Journalism, Barack Obama, Pentagon Papers, Torture, Torture Spain, Politics News

The cables present evidence that this administration has been tampering with other countries' legal systems to prevent prosecutions against government employees for committing human rights abuses.

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A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Newspapers, Contrarian, Andrew Butler, Secession, Secede, Media, Democracy in America, Civil Rights, Republican, Partisan Press, History, Alexis De Tocqueville, World War I, American History, Yellow Journalism, Mob, Espionage Act, Mccarthyism, Slavery, Bleeding Kansas, Abraham Lincoln, Julian Assange, House Divided, Preston Brooks, Caning, Civil War, Tea Party Republicans, Southern Strategy, Heritage, Missouri Compromise, Democrat, Tocqueville, Red-Baiting, Yellow Dog, Anti-War, Vincennes Gazette, Cane, South, Chris Weigant, Individualism, Sesquicentennial, Fox News, Being Mobbed, Lyndon Johnson, 150th Anniversary, News, Senate, Politics News

While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.

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Espionage Act: How the Government Can Engage in Serious Aggression Against the People of the United States

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Espionage Act, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Free Speech, Dianne Feinstein, Julian Assange, Joe Lieberman, Naomi Wolf, Wikileaks, Espionage, Politics News

Activating the Espionage Act is an act of profound aggression against the American people because we are all Julian Assange. Under this act, anyone who publishes or discusses WikiLeaks material can be arrested.

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Assange in the Grasp of U.S. Empire

Kevin Zeese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Julian Assange, U.S., Wikileaks, Espionage Act, Politics News

Julian Assange has entered the firm embrace of the U.S. Empire after publishing diplomatic cables that embarrassed the United States and many countries around the world.

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The F Word: Shifting Goalposts on Terrorism

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Extradition, Julian Assange, Valerie Plame, Northern Ireland, Grit Tv, Peter King, Wikileaks, Joe Doherty, Scooter Libby, War on Terror, Ira, Laura Flanders, Espionage Act, Grittv, Ireland, Terrorism, Politics News

We've seen so many definitions of terrorist in the last few years, it can be hard to keep them straight. So I suppose it's understandable when someone like Rep. Peter King from New York can't remember what the word means anymore.

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How to Really Prevent the Next Wikileaks Episode

Martin London | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikipedia, First Amendment, The Guardian, Espionage Act, World News

I recently read a blog post by a distinguished First Amendment lawyer of the view that once the cables were leaked, the U.S. was helpless to act because all prior restraints on publication are a violation of the First Amendment. Baloney.

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Prosecutors Considering Dropping Espionage Charges Against Former AIPAC Lobbyists

Jerry Markon | Jerry Markon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aipac, Steven Rosen, Keith Weissman, Espionage Act, Jane Harman, Politics News

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