host: we want to introduce you to brian fung.is with "national journal" and is identified as a technology writer. he is here to talk about the 1917 espionage act. what is it? the 1917ll, so espionage act was measure that woodrow wilson proposed in order to try and prevent americans from interfering with the war effort against germany. and what wound up happening was act gave theonage executive pretty broad authority indict people and also to monitor people's speech as well. -- have people been prosecuted under the espionage act? guest: yes. critics of the espionage act have said that president obama has actually used the espionage act more than any of his predecessors to go after leakers. , what arein the past some of the names we might know from the espionage act? guest: some of the most famous names -- the rosenbergs, who were spies for the soviets. you also have jeffrey sterling, who in most agent recent decades was tried for getting information to the "new york times" reporter james risen. and today you have the bradley manni

to first time "washington" guest brian fung. we appreciate your being on " washington journal." guest: thank you, good to be here. host: the house is coming into session and it will be working on defense authorization, as we learn from our guest, representative randy forbes earlier. the senate is also in session. on c-span3, you can tune in and mueller as hector testifies before the house judiciary committee. that is live on c-span3. thanks for being with us on "washington journal." here is the house. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. june 13, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable paul cook to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the 2013, the nuary 3, chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majo