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Well, I think he's being charged for revealing information about how the US Government violates the Constitution, specifically the 4th Amendment.

Let's be clear: in the United States of America, the Constitution is the Law. The first 10 Amendments constitute the Bill of Rights, and the first paragraph of http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.htm... clearly shows why they were included in the Constitution:

"During the debates on the adoption of the Constitution, its opponents repeatedly charged that the Constitution as drafted would open the way to tyranny by the central government. Fresh in their minds was the memory of the British violation of civil rights before and during the Revolution. They demanded a "bill of rights" that would spell out the immunities of individual citizens.



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