WASHINGTON – In the nearly 100 years since enactment of the 1918 Espionage Act, the government has chosen – out of respect for press freedom – not to prosecute journalists. That harmony skipped a beat last week, however, when the Justice Department announced it would review media-subpoena policies to address the leaky faucet of
Experts Say Espionage Act Could Soon Be Turned Against Journalists
While the First Amendment contains an explicit protection for the freedom of the press, the University of North Carolina’s Michael Gerhardt said the guarantees of that protection has always been a moving target.
