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traitorsgalore
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mahatmakanejeeves
(69,851 posts)1. If anyone else ...
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If anyone else with 10s of millions of internet followers went to Russia and interviewed Putin with the sole purpose of spreading Russian misinformation about the U.S. in the U.S., what would happen to them?
Nothing. Thank you for helping to clarify that.
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GreenWave
(12,641 posts)5. Because too many "Just us" deciding cases.
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TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)2. If he's doing it openly in public, it's not espionage.
This isn't much different than the stuff he posts on his website. All he's done is confirm that he's fine being used as a tool by Russia and its media.
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EX500rider
(12,583 posts)4. You don't seem to have a firm grasp on what "espionage" is
The US defines espionage towards itself as "the act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defence with an intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation"
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EX500rider
(12,583 posts)7. Propaganda & espionage are different things
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