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

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 23:53

Naomi Wolf
December 13, 2010

Published by The Huffington Post.

This week, Senators Joe Lieberman and Dianne Feinstein engaged in acts of serious aggression against their own constituents, and the American people in general. They both invoked the 1917 Espionage Act and urged its use in going after Julian Assange. For good measure, Lieberman extended his invocation of the Espionage Act to include a call to use it to investigate the New York Times, which published WikiLeaks’ diplomatic cables. Reports yesterday suggest that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may seek to invoke the Espionage Act against Assange.

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