‘Whoa,’ tweets Snowden, as Bernie Sanders says he would not prosecute government whistleblowers under Espionage Act ...News

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said that he would not use the Espionage Act to prosecute government whistleblowers in a promise hailed by activists as crucial to maintaining press freedom. The controversial 1917 law was rarely used in modern times until former US President Barack Obama dug it up to prosecute eight people accused of leaking to the media — more than all other US presidents combined. So far, Donald Trump has also used the law to prosecute eight whistleblowers, putting him on track to outdo Obama if he wins a second term in 2020. “Whoa,” tweeted NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in response. Snowden wa

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