The U.S. government has a very challenging time trying to balance between the free speech rights of individuals while still protecting the safety and security of the nation. Harry Matta has applied to be a spy for the CIA. Harry is told that if he is going to work for the CIA he is going to be required as a condition of his employment to sign a contract that restricts what he can publish, even after he has left the agency. According to precedent, the Supreme Court will prevent the CIA to restrict the free speech of agents once they have left the agency.

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The Court has allowed these contractual restrictions on intelligence agency employees. In one case the agency and former agent came to an out-of-court agreement, but when the Supreme Court was made to decide, it sided with the CIA's authority to limit the agents.

The US Government Has a Very Challenging Time Trying to Balance