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    Another mention of the Espionage Act

    First I must say, it just does my heart good to see these folks in the White House be made to endure a bit of their own type of medicine:

    From CNN today...

    But the investigation has taken a toll on White House aides, many of whom now fear that the special counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, is intent on issuing indictments.

    "Fitzgerald's office, although very professional, has been very aggressive in pursuing people," the adviser said. "These guys are bullies, and they threaten you."

    Aw gee whiz...

    But the truly meaningful portion that stands out was this little tidbit:

    Meanwhile, lawyers for possible indictment targets are boning up on the Espionage Act, used to charge Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the Pentagon papers, say people close to the probe.

    Fitzgerald would face fewer hurdles proving a case under the statute, which bars transmitting "information relating to the national defense" to anyone not entitled to receive it, than under the more exacting Intelligence Identities Protection Act.

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/rove.redux.tm/ 

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