The War against Freedom of Expression
NOVANEWS
The War against Freedom of Expression: Russia Sanctions and the Coming Crackdown on Americans, and “The Non-Mainstream Media”
By Daniel McAdams
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
Last week I wrote an article and did an interview explaining that in my reading of the new Russia sanctions bill just signed by President Trump, there is a measure opening the door to a US government crackdown on some of the non-mainstream media. In particular, Section 221 of the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” would punish “persons” who are “engaging in transactions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.”
At first one might think this is reading too much into the text, however as a twelve year Capitol Hill ve...