| Rath said: Apparently the USA is going to try and prosecute for espionage. Seriously? I didn't realise that the First Amendment was conditional on how pissed off the government was. |
The First Ammenedment stops at the moment your speech is likely to cause peoples deaths. You could argue that the clear and present danger rule is broken by giving out all sorts of information like this.
Basically all they would have to do is find a lawless act committed due to these actions due to his intent. Which, probably wouldn't be that hard.
In general what he did I think itself is illegal. He published state secrets. Not sure if it's illegal for a non us citizen though.
In general though, posting classfied info = getting in trouble in any country you are a part of.
