US Espionage Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
gptkbp:appliesTo United States citizens
non-citizens
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:18_U.S.C._§§_792–798
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1917-06-15
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fullTitle An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label US Espionage Act
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Daniel_Ellsberg
gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Julian_Assange
gptkb:Edward_Snowden
gptkb:Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
gptkb:Chelsea_Manning
gptkbp:penalty imprisonment
fines
gptkbp:purpose prohibit interference with military operations
prohibit support of U.S. enemies during wartime
prohibit the obtaining or delivering of information relating to national defense to a person not entitled to receive it
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
gptkb:Patriot_Act
gptkb:Smith_Act
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_793
gptkb:Section_798
Section 794
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_Snowden_affair
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6