Reading Room Document

District Ct. Op., United States v. Rosen et al., 445 F. Supp. 2d 602 (E.D. Va. 2006)

District court's denial of Rosen and Weissman's motion to dismiss. The court rejected an argument that Section 793(g) of the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague, in part because it requires that the defendant act "willfully." It also rejected facial and as-applied First Amendment challenges, by balancing the government's interest in national security against the public's right to information and concluding that the statute is permissible because it is limited to disclosures of information that are potentially harmful to the United States.

August 9, 2006