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Constitutional Law

Sep. 11, 2001

Change to Bill Would Chill Press

A seemingly innocuous amendment to an intelligence appropriations authorization bill that will be introduced this month in the U.S. Senate poses a serious threat to the First Amendment and could spiral into a law that would give our nation a version of the repressive British Official Secrets Act.

        By Jeffrey A. Lowe
        
        A seemingly innocuous amendment to an intelligence appropriations authorization bill that will be introduced this month in the U.S. Senate poses a serious threat to the First Amendment and could spiral into a law that would give our nation a version of the repressive British Official Secrets A...

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