Wed 7 Aug 2013
Obama’s abuse of the Espionage Act is modern-day McCarthyism
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
John Kiriakou Guardian U.K.
The conviction of Bradley Manning under the 1917 Espionage Act, and the US Justice Department’s decision to file espionage charges againstNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden under the same act, are yet further examples of the Obama administration‘s policy of using an iron fist against human rights and civil liberties activists. (more…)