Serious question. Can the military take a suspected spy into custody?

[rzemanfl]

He could still work on peace in the middle east from the brig.

[jberryhill]

1. No

US military personnel are not law enforcement officers.

Nor do we want them to be.

[procon]

2. Um... no, because what you're describing is called a military coup.

Why do you believe the normal grand jury process and the subsequent arrest and trial would not work as usual, spy or otherwise? The violent overthrow of our legitimate government by the military led by some dictator is pretty farfetched. What circumstances are you imagining where the military should, or even would, get involved with any such extra judicial intervention when our Constitution and the rule of law is still securely controlled by our elected government?

[rzemanfl]

3. That was not what I was suggesting. Don't know what I really was suggesting.

Maybe something along the lines of taking a spy into custody while they were on a military base (like Andrews).

In the current situation a coup might be a counter coup considering what Russia and Drumpf have done.

This is a mess the founding fathers never imagined.