Posted on 05/27/2013 3:27:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
Government license to terrorize citizens.
Has the 1917 law been tried in court? Perhaps it is time to do that.
They wanted him, they got him.
Good for them, as I hope they get him with both barrels.
Wilson was arguably the most “progressive” president we’ve ever had.
Nuthin but scum.
Ah, another wonderful legacy of that great “Progressive” Woodrow Wilson. The more I learn of that man the more I loathe everything about him.
It isn’t that Obama doesn’t like leaks.
It’s just that he likes to be in charge of what gets leaked.
He doesn’t mind leaking about Seals and getting them killed.
The Espionage Act of 1917 blatantly violates the Constitution.....not that you’ll ever find a sitting
judge that would admit that fact.
I wonder if it’s ever been tested in court. The article says that Obama has used it against journalists six times - twice as many times as all his predecessors (since 1917!). That would probably mean that there probably haven’t been any cases involving it in recent times.
I suspect there may be one now, and this is probably one reason Obama is trying so hard to take over the DC district court.
I'm not saying that this administration is right in pressing this issue with the media or that the previous administration was right in NOT pressing this issue with the media. Only that this is much more than a matter of who we like or dislike politically.
Does this mean when the next Republican president takes office in 2017 that he can use this law to crush the Leftist “Lamestream” Media?
A sword cuts both ways...
Sorry, I’m not that good with words, so it took me quite a while to come up with my #11 and I didn’t see your replies until after I hit ‘post’
Sorry people, but I do have a problem with government workers leaking classified data or anything to the media. It has crippled Republicans much more than it has hurt Democrats, and I’d like to see a few of those jerks thrown the slammer. It was also the rationalization that Boyce used in handing over documents to the Soviets in the Falcon and the Snowman (although that type of spying is still prohibited, and he did go to jail for a few years). If a person CANNOT play by the rules, jail him.
The DOJ search warrant in the Rosen case cites Section 793(d) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code...... a person lawfully in possession of secret govt-classified info who turns it over to someone not lawfully entitled to posses it has committed a crime (The source).....anyone who conspires to help the source do that has committed the same crime (The journo).
So why the brouhaha? B/c the Obummber crew has NEVER, EVER exhibited a modicum of interest in defending US ntl security from foreign domination ---- nor has it exhibited a concern for the life and liberties of Americans.
On the contrary----via "immigration reform" Ohaha is forcing on Americans entire primitive populations of creepy savages emanating from antediluvean Third World countries.
EXAMPLE Even after the Kenyan butcher hacked a Brit soldier to death, and defiantly gave an interview with blood-soaked hands, Ohaha sap-happily gave Kenya $50 million.
Another billion dollar tax waste for stupid futile nation-building ---- to subsidize living standards for the Kenya hellhole (no water, electricity, adequate shelter and food there).
But forget these "amenities" --- your tax dollars will build "madrassas" to train more of these jihadis zealots to butcher innocent people.
He was a Pinko through and through. And the Woodrow Wilson Center follows that same tact.
‘The article says that Obama has used it against journalists six times’.......
Probably a good time to get the law repealed and off the books. Ah, but then Odumbo would have to sign that. Oh well, another wasted opportunity.
If we are going to be governed by war time rules in effect in 1917, then let us also check out the scope of government at that time and eliminate all federal agencies not in existence then. Talk about a “leaner, meaner” government!
Yep, nobama leaks to the enemies of our country.
So Daniel Ellsberg is a felon?
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