USAF: Americans who have accessed the WikiLeaks web site may have violated the Espionage Act

[kpete]

Accessing WikiLeaks Violates Espionage Act, USAF Says
February 7th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood

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Then, in an astounding interpretive leap, the AFMC went on to say that similar prohibitions apply to the relatives of Air Force employees.

“If a family member of an Air Force employee accesses WikiLeaks on a home computer, the family member may be subject to prosecution for espionage under U.S. Code Title 18 Section 793.”

This is a breathtaking claim that goes far beyond any previous reading of the espionage statutes.

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If taken seriously for a moment, the AFMC guidance raises a host of follow-on questions. What if a family member accessed WikiLeaks on a computer outside the home? What if a non-family member accessed WikiLeaks on the home computer? What if one learns that a neighbor has accessed WikiLeaks in the neighbor’s home? Is the Air Force employee obliged to intervene or to report the violation to authorities? And how could any of this possibly be constitutional?

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/02/accessing_wikileaks.html
http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2011/02/afmc-020311.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/air-force-legal-office-prosecuted-reading-wikileaks/

[BanzaiBonnie]

1. They'll have to build more jails

and the prison industrial complex will be pleased.

[Cleita]

4. Nah, jails wouldn't be enough.

This calls for concentration camps.

[cantbeserious]

2. Well, That Said, Many At DU May Have A Problem To Contend With

eom

[WillyT]

21. Please... Explain...

I'm curious.

:shrug:

[Cleita]

3. So what are they going to do?

Round up hundreds and thousands of us and put us in camps?

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Well lets see.. What state can be made into a prison state?

Just remove the current residents to other states, and make an entire state into a prison state. Which state would you use? Utah? Arizona? South Dakota? Nevada?..Maine? California? Rhode Island? Florida? Mississippi? Idaho? New Mexico? Alaska? New York? Pennsylvania? Sorry, Hawaii is not eligible!

[RKP5637]

6. All it takes is a few people to send this nation into a tailspin. Amazing. n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. That is a new interpretation to be sure

Not sure it would hold up, but I would hate to be the test case

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. The solution to this execution of our rights would be to edit the wikileaks web

address so it looks like something else and create a viral email with it, send it to millions and billions of people including the ones we pay to decide what to do with our money... then let the chips fall where they may.

[Earth_First]

9. Come pick me up...

I'm sure you have enough information on me prior to Wikileaks anyways.

I'll be here reading away.

[NuclearDem]

10. There's no way this could be Constitutional

The USAF, like usual, has all of its collective heads so far up its ass it's sniffing last night's chow.

[RegieRocker]

11. Ok you first for treason to the American and the constitution.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Well, they can throw the cuffs on me. My son-in-law is in the Air Force. Assholes.

[derby378]

13. Does the USAF think this is going to help at all?

Behold our future...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDmOActAPxM

[NuclearDem]

14. How can they expect to keep track of who accesses Wikileaks?

The USAF can't even keep track of their own damned nukes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. If they want to, they can

that is the scary part.

[NuclearDem]

18. Jets are falling apart, airmen are committing suicide in record numbers

And the USAF is going to devote its resources to...punishing someone who accidentally saw something on NYTimes.com

I know they can, I'm very familiar with USAF counter-intel, it just seems...petty.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. It IS petty.

But the US is becoming a police state.

FUCK YOU HOOVER.

[Poll_Blind]

15. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

PB

[NuclearDem]

17. You just made me scare the cats

:spray:

:rofl:

[Poll_Blind]

19. Heh heh! And the best part is who faces prosecution? Family members of the military!

Jesus, it's like how much can a military institution shoot itself in the foot. I'm sure military families are used to being shat on by the government but this is just ridiculous in the extreme.

If they bust anyone for this it'll certainly won't be anyone with a skin shade lighter than coffee. What a terrible joke. It's a testament that people in the armed services put up with shit like this...and are still willing to fight and possibly die for our country.

PB

[Generic Other]

20. My deceased father is retired USAF

Will my aged mother and me be going to the FEMA camps?

[Poll_Blind]

24. Distinguished service of that level will get y'all in a "limited edition" Katrina trailer.n/t

PB

[Bonobo]

23. I not only accessed it, I downloaded Wikileaks 'insurance' file.

Now come and get me Nazi m***fuckers.

[lovuian]

25. Baaawaaahhaaa Oh my you traitors OMG!!!

this is threat ....don't read that it is forbidden

that is like the Vatican