The War Office has the unique ability to censor letters, media reports and controls the flow of information from forward-deployed units to the general public. While most military members know this inherently, it might surprise you to understand how …
On June 15, 1917, the United States Congress passed the Espionage Act. Two months after entering World War I, the United States feared saboteurs and infiltrators could severely damage the…
The Espionage Act of 1917 defined espionage as the notion of obtaining or delivering information relating to national defense to a person who is not entitled to have it. The Act made espionage a crime punishable by death, but there are always men an…