in documents to the court attorneys for former employee of the cia joshua adam trolled the argued that scholars journalists and judges have long feared that the espionage act and the federal larceny statute are so vaguely worded and have been construed so broadly that the government could use them to prosecute news organizations and their confidential sources for obtaining and revealing truthful and important information about government activity to the public in this case those fears have been realized 31 year old child is accused by the u.s. government of leaking classified materials to wiki leaks and 2017 which details the cia's software capabilities including their ability to compromise computerized automobile systems remotely exploits smart t.v.'s as well as many other deeply concerning abilities and joining me now to discuss the case of josh marshall to vault 7 of the espionage act is civil rights attorney robert patel oh thanks for joining me let's have a real so i want to 1st start what are the civil rights concerns privacy concerns with what came out of the vault 7 really well