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Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Is WikiLeaks release of classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents a crime or a public service?

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If putting U.S. military and federal agents at risk for their lives and hurting international rapport and diplomatic ability is considered a public service, than WikiLeaks has certainly accomplished this. The WikiLeaks release of classified data is undoubtedly a crime according to the federal Espionage Act (18 USC 793), yet there are those who continue to ignore the law and redefine public service to make it an oxymoron: harmful public service. Such people often identify themselves as proponents of free speech.  These self-professed defenders of 1st Amendment rights are crusading agai...

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