Daniel Larsen[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] I.   Introduction The Trump Administration’s 2019 indictment of Julian Assange[1] under the Espionage Act of 1917[2] set off a wave of alarm across the press.[3] A decade earlier, the Obama Administration had launched what was called a “war on leakers”[4] as … Continue reading Before “National Security”: The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Concept of “National Defense”