The defendants were originally charged under provisions of the notorious 1952 McCarran-Walter Act, which helped raise guilt by association to a broadly practiced dark art.
Mr. Sembiring said that it was unlikely anyone would be charged under the anti-pornography law for the videos, but that those involved in one video could be charged under provisions in the criminal code banning adultery.
Eight people have been charged under provisions of the Espionage Act of 1917 for giving documents and information to the media by this administration alone – including me, former CIA officers Jeffrey Sterling and John Kiriakou, and the former Department of State analyst Stephen Jin-Woo Kim.
Mr. Evers was charged under a provision of the Federal Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 that makes it a felony to threaten to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Indeed, Keys was charged under a provision of the statute that prohibits the knowing "transmission of a program, information, code, or command".
More than a dozen journalists have been charged under these provisions, which are now ruled unconstitutional and invalid.
Unauthorized access to communications data is not punishable per se, which is why a private detective who gained access to the cellphone records of Arun Jaitley, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, has been charged under the weak provision on fraud, rather than invasion of privacy.
The hall of residence, students' union and nearby bus station were subsequently evacuated though he was never charged under anti-terrorism provisions.
Some have been charged under the narco-terrorism provision of the Patriot Act.
Mr. Mouleff, 36, was charged under the Terrorism Act provision that cites "possession of items or articles connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism".
