{"id":1946219,"date":"2023-06-14T02:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-used-to-hate-the-espionage-act-that-was-before-trump-was-charged-under-the-law\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T02:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:45:30","slug":"the-media-used-to-hate-the-espionage-act-that-was-before-trump-was-charged-under-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-used-to-hate-the-espionage-act-that-was-before-trump-was-charged-under-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Media once opposed Espionage Act, but changed after Trump&#8217;s charge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-media-used-to-hate-the-espionage-act-that-was-before-trump-was-charged-under-the-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Espionage Act and the Media: A Changing Narrative<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>The media question then-president Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For years, mainstream media have been skeptical of the Espionage Act and its potential to give the government too much power. However, with former president Donald Trump now facing charges mostly stemming from the statute, the press has been surprisingly quiet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Then:<\/strong> Even before national-secret-tellers Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and Julian Assange were charged under the Espionage Act, journalists worried the law gave the government too much power.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Espionage Act &#8216;Makes Felons of Us All&#8217;? http:\/\/abcn.ws\/fyaMcK<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/14298605766578177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lawyer for Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning assails administration&#8217;s use of Espionage Act. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ThXH1sCbr5\">http:\/\/t.co\/ThXH1sCbr5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/455586287160815616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Analysis: Want to end the war on whistleblowers? Revise the Espionage Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BM4vv9o4RX\">https:\/\/t.co\/BM4vv9o4RX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/892446591902199808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: US Justice Dept. announces new charges against Julian Assange, including Espionage Act charges connected with publishing classified material, raising concerns about First Amendment limits and protections for publishing classified information &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenDilanianNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KenDilanianNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1131651792343916544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em>, &#8220;Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>For most of American history, it was rare for the government to treat the leaking of its secrets to the news media as a crime. But starting in the second half of the George W. Bush administration and accelerating during the Obama administration, the Justice Department began making much more routine use of the Espionage Act to go after officials who provided information to the public through reporters, as opposed to actual spies. The World War I-era law criminalizes the disclosure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-used-to-hate-the-espionage-act-that-was-before-trump-was-charged-under-the-law\/\" title=\"Media once opposed Espionage Act, but changed after Trump's charge.\">potentially damaging national security secrets<\/a> to someone not authorized to receive them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On its face, the Espionage Act could also be used to prosecute reporters who publish government secrets. But many legal scholars believe that prosecuting people for acts related to receiving and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-new-york-times-to-return-james-okeefes-legal-memos\/\" title=\"Judge Orders New York Times to Return James O'Keefe's Legal Memos\">publishing information<\/a> would violate the First Amendment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the Trump administration prosecuted leakers Reality Winner and Terry Albury under the Espionage Act, years of reporting ensued on the threat the law posed to dissidents.<\/p>\n<p><em>NPR<\/em>, &#8220;Once Reserved For Spies, Espionage Act Now Used Against Suspected Leakers&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Espionage Act never envisioned modern communications. Its critics call it antiquated; it was last amended more than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bestows-medal-of-honor-on-korean-war-vet-skorean-president-on-hand\/\" title=\"Biden Bestows Medal of Honor on Korean War Vet; SKorean President on Hand\">half-century ago<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CNN<\/em>, &#8220;This Russia whistle-blower is serving 5 years in prison for leaking one document. Her mother says she&#8217;s being silenced&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><i>The government secured Winner&#8217;s conviction under the World War I-era Espionage Act, though prosecutors do not call her a spy, and in her plea agreement, government attorneys recognize that the document she leaked was sent to a news outlet rather than a foreign adversary.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>CBS News<\/em>, &#8220;Reality Winner and the Debate Over the Espionage Act&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>Winner&#8217;s conviction has added to a century-long controversy over the Espionage Act and its relationship to free speech.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now:<\/strong> With Trump on the other side of the Espionage Act, many in the media seem to have lost interest in the constitutional implications.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Miami federal court on Tuesday on charges mostly related to the Espionage Act. Despite mainstream media&#8217;s usual skepticism towards the Act, there was no protest from the press. 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