House GOPer Introduces Bill Designed to Help Prosecute WikiLeaks Under Espionage Act
Republican Rep. Peter King of New York has introduced a piece of legislation that would help prosecute Julian Assange's whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks under the shady Espionage Act. Specifically, the SHIELD Act would amend the Espionage Act -- the 1917 law that's considered by many to be unconstitutional -- to cover the publication of classified documents.