AdvertisementOnce Reserved For Spies, Espionage Act Now Used Against Suspected LeakersJune 28, 2017Greg MyrefacebookEmailEthel and Julius Rosenberg attend their 1951 trial in New York. They were charged and convicted of giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union under the 1917 Espionage Act. The law was intended for spies but has been used by the Obama and Trump administrations to prosecute suspected national security leakers. (AP)