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He meant the Espionage Act, which is currently being used to seek prosecution of Snowden and Assange, among others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act
by Clubber 5y ago
He meant the Espionage Act, which is currently being used to seek prosecution of Snowden and Assange, among others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
- kongin 5y agoYes, it's hard to keep track of which act was used to curtail what freedoms. The Sedition Act was used to silence opposition to conscription and gave us the immortal quote of "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States Of course the 'fire' in that case was this letter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States#/media/File:Schenck_v._United_States_Leaflet_(Obverse).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States#/medi... Which seems like an extremely level headed question about conscription in the US given that involuntary servitude should only be a punishment for a crime.