Claim
Claim 776
Judge Russell explained that different sections of the Espionage Act covered disclosure to foreign governments and disclosure to others, including the press.
- Statement
- Judge Russell explained that different sections of the Espionage Act covered disclosure to foreign governments and disclosure to others, including the press.
- Field
- stated_justification
- Value
- Fourth Circuit's reasoning on the Espionage Act
- Publisher
- The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
- Source date
- 2009
Quotation from the source
Writing for the court, Judge Donald Stewart Russell noted that section (d) of the Espionage Act dealt with the transmission of information to foreign governments while section (e) dealt with the transmission of this information to others, such as the press.