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  2. Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

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    The Espionage Act of 1917 was passed, along with the Trading with the Enemy Act, just after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.It was based on the Defense Secrets Act of 1911, especially the notions of obtaining or delivering information relating to "national defense" to a person who was not "entitled to have it".

  3. Schenck v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., concluded that Charles Schenck and other defendants, who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an ...

  4. Debs v. United States - Wikipedia

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    In its ruling on Debs v.United States, the Court examined several statements that Debs had made regarding the war. While he had tempered his speeches in an attempt to comply with the Espionage Act, the Court found he had shown the "intention and effect of obstructing the draft and recruitment for the war."

  5. Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on ... - AOL

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    Jack Teixeira, the former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who prosecutors said "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history ...

  6. The FBI Is Investigating Whether President Trump Broke the ...

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    Documents reveal that the FBI is investigating whether former President Trump violated the Espionage Act of 1917. Here's what to know

  7. Espionage Act: How Trump's case stacks up against other ... - AOL

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    Many people have been charged and jailed under the Espionage Act since it was passed in 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I. Few cases, however, can be compared to the charges brought against ...

  8. Bill Haywood - Wikipedia

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    Haywood and the IWW frequently clashed with the government during their labor actions. The onset of World War I gave the federal government the opportunity to take action against Haywood and the IWW. [38] Using the newly passed Espionage Act of 1917 as justification, the Department of Justice raided forty-eight IWW meeting halls on September 5 ...

  9. What is the Espionage Act that Trump is being ... - AOL

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    The former president has been indicted under a controversial law passed in 1917 to prevent spying and leaking of government documents