If there is a chilling effect on sources coming forward with newsworthy information in the public interest, Americans will be less informed and the American government will be held less accountable.
The Espionage Act of 1917 applies to the act of communicating, delivering or transmitting information relating to national defense, a broad term, to anyone not entitled to receive it.
President-elect Trump has often decried national security leaks and has called for aggressively investigating and prosecuting them, indicating potential tensions between his administration and press freedom.
It would be foolish for press advocates to discount the possibility of a repeat of Trump’s first term regarding press freedoms and potential escalations in investigations of leaks.
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