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In June 1971, Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo were charged with a felony under the Espionage Act of 1917, because they lacked legal authority to publish classified documents that came to be known as the Pentagon Papers.[19] The Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. United States found that the government had not made a successful case for prior restraint, but a majority of the justices ruled that the government could still prosecute the Times and the Post for violating the Espionage Act in publishing the documents. Ellsberg and Russo were not acquitted of violating the Espionage Act, but were freed due to a mistrial based on irregularities in the government's case.[20]
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yea, so that's the law that makes it illegal to publicize classified information/be seditious. The Espionage Act of 1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
I GUESS THIS ARGUMENT IS FINISHED NOW?
AT LEAST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LAW?