Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a history of the Espionage Act under which the U.S. may try to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. What is striking to me while reading this was how many ways the government entities have tried to abuse this Act to silence free speech.

Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In the 1990s, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan deplored the 'culture of secrecy' made possible by the Act. noting the tendency of bureaucracies to enlarge their powers by increasing the scope of what is held 'secret'"