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Wikileaks And The First Amendment, Geoffrey R. Stone
Wikileaks And The First Amendment, Geoffrey R. Stone
Federal Communications Law Journal
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In November 2010, Julian Assange's WikiLeaks collaborated with major media organizations to release thousands of classified U.S. State Department documents. American soldier Bradley Manning stands accused of leaking those documents to the website. In response, Congress introduced the SHIELD Act to amend the Espionage Act of 1917, making it a crime for any person to disseminate any classified information concerning American intelligence or the identity of a classified informant. Such sweeping language, while possibly constitutional as applied to government employees like Manning, is plainly unconstitutional as applied to those like Assange and WikiLeaks who subsequently publish …
Securing The Freedom Of The Communications Revolution, Michael K. Powell
Securing The Freedom Of The Communications Revolution, Michael K. Powell
Federal Communications Law Journal
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Homeland Security And Wireless Telecommunications: The Continuing Evolution Of Regulation, Christopher Guttman-Mccabe, Amy Mushahwar, Patrick Murck
Homeland Security And Wireless Telecommunications: The Continuing Evolution Of Regulation, Christopher Guttman-Mccabe, Amy Mushahwar, Patrick Murck
Federal Communications Law Journal
Since the grant of the first Commercial Mobile Radio Service ("CMRS") license over twenty years ago, the wireless industry has grown from a service of convenience to one that is indispensable. What once was a device used for sporadic phone calls now is viewed by many Americans as a source of invaluable communication and security. As the wireless industry matured, government officials turned to the mobile phone as a way to make the United States safer. E-9 11, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act ("CALEA"), Wireless Priority Service ("WPS"), and Outage Reporting all were initiated on the wireless platform …