Stephen M. Harnik and Armin Kaiser have recently published an article in [Statement], an Austrian media magazine, concerning the US Justice Department's 17-count indictment of Julian Assange. The Government alleges that he violated the Espionage Act of 1917 by publishing classified material, and is seeking his extradition. The article analyzes whether, as a non-US person, he may have a First Amendment defense to the charges, assuming he qualifies as a journalist. A copy of t

On Feb. 27, 2020, Stephen M. Harnik and his wife Deborah, hosted Jeffrey Toobin, celebrated CNN legal analyst and New Yorker Magazine columnist and author of best selling books including The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court (2012) and The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2008) in a literary fundraising event to support www.pen.org. The evening produced a lively discussion about hate speech, campus free speech, internet dis-and mis- informat