The Espionage Act's Troubling Origins | Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Espionage Act's Troubling Origins | Electronic Frontier Foundation: One hundred years ago, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act into law, and since then it has been used to criminalize the disclosure of national defense and classified information. Dissent-Stifling Roots At the turn of the 20th century, anti-immigrant, xenophobic sentiments...