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Government Leaks in the Internet Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Roger P. Alford*
Affiliation:
Pepperdine University School of Law

Abstract

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Type
Espionage and the First Amendment After Wikileaks
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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3 U.S. Const., art. III, § 3.

4 18 U.S.C. § 793.

5 18 U.S.C. § 952; Edgar, Harold & Schmidt, Benno Jr., The Espionage Statutes and Publication of Defense Information, 73 L. Rev. 929, 1060-61 (1973)Google Scholar.

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13 N.Y. Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971); but see United States v. Progressive, Inc., 467 F.Supp. 990 (W.D. Wis. 1979).

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