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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 6: Assange in the Dock

July 20, 2021 Joe Lauria Biden, Clive Ponting, Daniel Ellsberg, Espionage Act, Falklands/Malvinas, Gerald Ford, James Banford, Joe Lauria, Julian Assange, Margaret Thatcher, Official Secrets Act, Ronald Reagan, US, Vanessa Baraitser, wikileaks

By Joe Lauria – Jul 13, 2021 The sixth and final part of a six-part series on Julian Assange and

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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 5: The Pentagon Papers

July 18, 2021 Joe Lauria Beacon Press, Boston Globe, Daniel Ellsberg, Espionage Act, first amendment, Julian Assange, Malcolm Turnbull, Margaret Thatcher, Mike Gravel, New York Times, Official Secrets Act, Pentagon Papers, Persecution of whistleblowers, prosecution of journalism, Richard Nixon, Spycatcher, The Washington Post, Tony Benn, UK, US, US Supreme Court

By Joe Lauria – Jul 12, 2021 Part five of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act.

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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 3: Passing the Espionage Act

July 17, 2021 Joe Lauria Charles Schenck, Espionage Act, Eugene Debs, first amendment, Imperialism, Julian Assange, Official Secrets Act, prosecution of journalism, Sedition Act, The Masses, UK, US, US Socialist Party, Woodrow Wilson, World War I

By Joe Lauria – Jul 8, 2021 Part three of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act.

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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 2: The Espionage Act’s UK Origins

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Joe Lauria Alexander Mercouris, Alpheus Morton, Defense Secrets Act, Dingle Foot, Donald Maclean, Espionage Act, Joe Lauria, Julian Assange, Official Secrets Act, UK, US Imperialism, Viscount Burnham

By Joe Lauria – Jul 7, 2021 Part two of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act.

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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 1: A History of Prosecuting Speech

July 16, 2021 Editor2 Abraham Lincoln, Biden, Espionage Act, first amendment, Free, Gouverneur Morris, John Adams, John Peter Zenger, Judge Vanessa Baraitser, Julian Assange, Official Secrets Act, Thomas Jefferson, Trump

By Joe Lauria – Jul 6, 2021 From its earliest years the United States has found ways to deny the