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pnwmom

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7. No, it doesn't depend on a war. It depends on having an enemy.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 04:34 PM

Mar 2015

In addition to applying to acts of war, treason can consist of giving "aid and comfort" to the enemy. And the hardliners in Iran can be safely said to be our enemy.

http://definitions.uslegal.com/t/treason/

Despite this, there will be no civil or legal penalty for these people. I hope this is remembered at the ballot box, however.

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Treason! Violation of the Logan Act! General Being a Dick-ery! [View all] Roy Rolling Mar 2015 OP

For the hundredth time today leftynyc Mar 2015 #1

I remember the backroom deals when Carter was still president. Just to make Reagan the savior. TheBlackAdder Mar 2015 #4

Reagan conspiring with Iran - now THAT leftynyc Mar 2015 #11

What enemy? The hardliners of Iran who want no nuclear weapons treaty. n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #5

And how is this letter leftynyc Mar 2015 #12

They were trying to sabotage the governmental talks with this letter, pnwmom Mar 2015 #14

That's not treason leftynyc Mar 2015 #17

Backchannel Roy Rolling Mar 2015 #8

If THAT could be PROVEN leftynyc Mar 2015 #15

What DO you call an attempt by members of Congress ... ananda Mar 2015 #18

I call it juvenile leftynyc Mar 2015 #21

Sedition, maybe? GliderGuider Mar 2015 #9

I'm on the fence leftynyc Mar 2015 #13

so its ok then? MFM008 Mar 2015 #20

No - not okay leftynyc Mar 2015 #22

Pardon my French, but: THIS BULLSHIT HAS TO STOP! TheBlackAdder Mar 2015 #2

First off, it's not treason. Treason has a legal definition that depends on war. Scootaloo Mar 2015 #3

No, it doesn't depend on a war. It depends on having an enemy. pnwmom Mar 2015 #7

No. "Enemy" also has a legal definition. Scootaloo Mar 2015 #19

It's Hyperbole Roy Rolling Mar 2015 #10

Guilty of Jackassary, but not the Logan act... 4139 Mar 2015 #6

ugh jollyreaper2112 Mar 2015 #16

The same thing was said when Pelosi when she left the country to meet Assad in 2009 JonLP24 Mar 2015 #23