If Julian Assange is extradited he will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
Tag: James Madison
Pompeo — A Monster Slaying Monsters Abroad
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 5: The Pentagon Papers
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 4: A Pyrrhic Victory
ROBERT PARRY: More Second Amendment Madness
The Right’s Made-up Constitution
Trampling the US Constitution for War
The Right’s Made-up ‘Constitution’
America’s Failure to Protect Voting
America may call itself democracy’s gold standard, but it fails to guarantee the right to vote and permits the dominance of political money, a shameful anomaly that requires a constitutional amendment, writes William John Cox.