[Throughline] Classified Information, the Espionage Act, and Selective Prosecution

The Espionage Act became law on June 15, 1917, just weeks after the United States entered World War I, and it passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who had been pressing Congress for such authority since…

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[Throughline] Classified Information, the Espionage Act, and Selective Prosecution

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