The Espionage Act By Edward Sanders

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Edward Sanders is in Moscow, Russia with his wife. He can't go back to the USA because he will face trial he wants a fair trial be that will never happen because of the espionage act what he's doing is living in Russia. I can agree and disagree to his case. I agree for the a trial because he was trusted with high value information and he betrayed that trust and took classified information and gave it to the press. Also he gave out the information to other countries too and on top of that he betrayed his country. Legal Dictionary says “The Espionage Act is a law that was created in 1917, shortly after the United States joined World War I. The Act was created to protect the United States by prohibiting its citizens from supporting the nation’s

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