The development of the US secrecy regime, like national security generally, has been a bipartisan effort. Democratic and Republican leaders, both in the White House and Congress, created the system ...

A Law Against Espionage On June 15, 1917, lawmakers passed the Espionage Act. The law set punishments for acts of interference in foreign policy and sought to prevent espionage. It authorized ...

He argued that the SPIES Act would ensure that foreign agents are punished for their crimes, regardless of how much time has passed. Senator John Cornyn highlighted the severe harm that espionage ...

Congress passed the original Espionage Act on June 15, 1917—two months after the United States entered World War I—and President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law the same day. There was no ...

“The Espionage Act is so vague and poorly defined in its terms ... Others would disagree.” In 2000, Congress passed a bill similar to the Cardin bill, but President Bill Clinton vetoed it because of ...

The federal indictment charges Trump with willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice, according to ...

The fact that Trump has been charged with an offense that entered federal criminal law through the Espionage Act does not make that offense a form of espionage. The U.S. criminal code’s titling ...

The Espionage Act of 1917 already prohibits the photography of sensitive military sites but the statute makes no mention of videography — an omission that Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Don Davis ...

A Law Against Espionage On June 15, 1917, lawmakers passed the Espionage Act. The law set punishments for acts of interference in foreign policy and sought to prevent espionage. It authorized ...