Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
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A legal scholar analyzes the unsealed warrant for the FBI’s recent search of Donald Trump’s home and the list of materials seized there. The implications for Trump are potentially grave.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released?
Researchers tried several times to have the document declassified, including in 1992, 2004 and 2016. It was initially written to help American NSA agents crack difficult coded messages.
The head of the prime minister’s department says an investigation by the Australian Federal Police has found “the breach was not a deliberate act motivated by criminal or malicious intent”.
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Professor of Criminal Law, Immigration, and Race and Law, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Intelligence Studies, Texas A&M University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra