This is the first time a publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing government secrets.
The U.K.-U.S. Extradition Treaty Prohibits Extradition for Political OffencesConspiracy to obtain, receive and disclose national defense information ;Unauthorized disclosure of national defense information .
The legally unprecedented and selective nature of the prosecution in focusing on leaked national security information speaks to the political character of the prosecution and request for extradition, the appeal says. “While the leakers of such materials have been prosecuted albeit selectively, no prosecution for the act of obtaining or publishing state secrets has ever occurred,” the appeal says.
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