Wikileaks,the Espionage Act, and the Constitution
Constitutional law and national security scholars testified on the constitutionality of prosecuting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange under… read more
Constitutional law and national security scholars testified on the constitutionality of prosecuting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange under the 1917 Espionage Act. Among the topics addressed were the nature of journalism, the extent of constitutional protections of the press in protecting the divulgence of classified information, and the amount of information that is categorized as classified. close
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