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Old 12-07-2010, 09:03 AM
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Arrow Espionage Act of 1917

Reproduced below is a portion of the text of the Espionage Act passed by the U.S. Congress on 15 June, two months following America's declaration of war with Germany.

The Act was amended in May 1918. Click here for details of the amendment.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
Title I - ESPIONAGE

Section 1

That:
(a) whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defence with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or otherwise obtains information, concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defence, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, coaling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine, telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, or other place connected with the national defence, owned or constructed, or in progress of construction by the United States or under the control or the United States, or of any of its officers or agents, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired. or stored, under any contract or agreement with the United States, or with any person on behalf of the United States, or otherwise on behalf of the United States, or any prohibited place within the meaning of section six of this title; or
(b) whoever for the purpose aforesaid, and with like intent or reason to believe, copies, takes, makes, or obtains, or attempts, or induces or aids another to copy, take, make, or obtain, any sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing or note of anything connected with the national defence; or
(c) whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain from any other person, or from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defence, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain it, that it has been or will be obtained, taken, made or disposed of by any person contrary to the provisions of this title; or
(d) whoever, lawfully or unlawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defence, wilfully communicates or transmits or attempts to communicate or transmit the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
(e) whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, or information, relating to the national defence, through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be list, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Section 2

Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury or the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicated, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to, or aids, or induces another to, communicate, deliver or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly and document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defence, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty years: Provided, That whoever shall violate the provisions of subsection:
(a) of this section in time of war shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for not more than thirty years; and
(b) whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, shall collect, record, publish or communicate, or attempt to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the armed forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval of military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification of any place, or any other information relating to the public defence, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for not more than thirty years.
Section 3

Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever when the United States is at war, shall wilfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall wilfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.
Section 4

If two or more persons conspire to violate the provisions of section two or three of this title, and one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as in said sections provided in the case of the doing of the act the accomplishment of which is the object of such conspiracy. Except as above provided conspiracies to commit offences under this title shall be punished as provided by section thirty-seven of the Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.
Section 5

Whoever harbours or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe or suspect, has committed, or is about to commit, an offence under this title shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Section 6

The President in time of war or in case of national emergency may by proclamation designate any place other than those set forth in subsection:
(a) of section one hereof in which anything for the use of the Army or Navy is being prepared or constructed or stored as a prohibited place for the purpose of this title: Provided, That he shall determine that information with respect thereto would be prejudicial to the national defence.
Section 7

Nothing contained in this title shall be deemed to limit the jurisdiction of the general courts-martial, military commissions, or naval courts-martial under sections thirteen hundred and forty-two, thirteen hundred and forty-three, and sixteen hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes as amended.
Section 8

The provisions of this title shall extend to all Territories, possessions, and places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States whether or not contiguous thereto, and offences under this title, when committed upon the high seas or elsewhere within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and outside the territorial limits thereof shall be punishable hereunder.
Section 9

The Act entitles "An Act to prevent the disclosure of national defence secrets," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby repealed.
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Maybe someone should let BHO, Clique & DOJ know that Espionage Act of 1917 is still pretty-much the same, intact & should be enforced?

Granted, both youthful: "Hanoi Jane Fonda" & European Rhodes Scholar Bill Clinton never even got slapped on the wrist for their Vietnam Enemy Encouragements on FOREIGN SOIL.
Hell, Jane remained a movie star & "Slick Willy" even became a president. Amazing!!!

But,...that was then & now is now.
Who cares if both Bill & Jane helped both lengthen The Vietnam War & cause MILLIONS More Deaths (re: Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam) THAN SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN?

What all Americans should NOW be concerned about is the possibility of ONLY ONE American Life being lost, due obviously Treasonable or Purposeful Leaks of National Under-mining CLASSIFIED to TOP SECRET Intelligence matters.

Assange trial aside, find out all accomplices in need of hanging prior to hanging that Obviously Treasonable Army PFC.

While at it,...find out how much that Sicko PFC got for selling out MY country & Fellow Americans.

Just Curious as to how much I & Friends are worth these days? Nothing personal.

In fairness though, I don't think that Clinton & Fonda benefitted or even made a dime from their Treasonable Acts?

Both would have likely become multi-millionaires...even without previously being miserable anti-America & pro Enemy Low-Life-Scum. In many cases both politics & acting are both quite rewarding,...in spite of quite obviously greatly flawed characters & integrity.


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What is also worrisome, is that there are those in positions of influence who have recently been claiming in public that the Espionage Act is "archaic and out of date."
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"Worrisome" INDEED!!!

What's even more disgusting nationally is that few realize the sad truth and/or that Many such anti-America War Protesters are ones now actually dictating American Policies, both military & civilian & at home or abroad. Want to now sabotage America as a whole just as badly as normally do/did our war efforts.

It's truly sad that mainstream press usually keeps any TRUE Intent by "They" & "Soulmates" from We The People.

Fortunately for We Americans, TRUTHS instead are exposed by Beck & others at FNC (Fox News Channel).

If it weren't for Fox & Honest Journalism INSTEAD, there should be no doubt whatsoever that entire nation would be under Total Obama Marxist Control. Maybe even Muslim Control too?

After all, and as Barry S. and/or Barack O's very own words from very own book: "The Audacity if Hope" so states: "I will always stand with Muslims...", does seem quite explicite.

Whatever,...does that mean that BHO would dictate Sharia Law over Marxist Rule if people so overall quite stupidly gave: "His Barackness" that chance?

Besides, which is actually Most Lethal of Dictatorial rules? Islamic or Marxist RULE??
Americans should be informed about such. Neither such Obama Fairytales are very nice.

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