27 Jun
2023
27 Jun
'23
4:19 p.m.
US Pres Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy writes...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-espionage-acts-ugly-un-american-history-tru...
Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald This is a good and important WSJ op-ed by @VivekGRamaswamy on how the Espionage Act of 1917 was enacted in order to criminalize dissent (and was used for that), and that continues to be its primary purpose (along with punishing whistleblowers):
Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy The Espionage Act is one of the most un-American laws Congress has ever enacted. If elected, I will ask Congress to repeal it and will instruct the U.S. Department of Justice to stop enforcing it in the meantime. Enacted by the Godfather of the Administrative State himself,…