[lbo-talk] McClatchy Newspapers: Tying Assange to Manning won'tbeeasy

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Sat Dec 11 16:43:23 PST 2010


Chuck Grimes writes:


> damage to US national security isn't against the law.

Consult a lawyer before you try something like this, but AFAIK the Espionage Act of 1917 (which SCOTUS has affirmed does not infringe the 1st Ammendment) does probably apply to this kind of thing. In this particular case, it will probably be difficult to make the charge stick; the best coverage I've seen of this is here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120303267.html

But that doesn't mean it isn't illegal, and it certainly doesn't mean that people haven't been convicted and imprisoned for violating that law.

Obvious further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917

/jordan



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