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I see, so you go on record saying you don't consider it treason to give WMD blueprints to a hostile state?
If Trump gave state secrets to China, would that be OK in your books?
The founding fathers wanted to prevent the charge of treason being used frivolously in courts of law. I guarantee you they did not want to police your thoughts or words outside the court.
originally posted by: Dfairlite
a reply to: soberbacchus
The spoken word cannot, by definition, be treason. Sorry.
Treason
The betrayal of one's own country by waging war against it or by consciously or purposely acting to aid its enemies.
The term aid and comfort refers to any act that manifests a betrayal of allegiance to the United States, such as furnishing enemies with arms, troops, transportation, shelter, or classified information. If a subversive act has any tendency to weaken the power of the United States to attack or resist its enemies, aid and comfort has been given.
Sure it can.
Weakening the power of the United States to resist it's enemies?
Full on willful refusal to secure our election systems during past and ongoing attacks by Russia.
Full refusal to confront Russia during these attacks.
The vaguely defined "Cold War" qualified historically as did the non-specific "War on Terror".
Many would say that Russia's ongoing attack our Democratic Institutions like free and sovereign elections qualifies as a profoundly hostile act of war.
If you find yourself arguing on whether the President is guilty of the technical legal charge of "Treason" or is just a "Traitor" or just behaves in a Traitorous or Treasonous manner? Then we are way past time where he should be impeached.
Treason
The betrayal of one's own country by waging war against it or by consciously or purposely acting to aid its enemies.
The term aid and comfort refers to any act that manifests a betrayal of allegiance to the United States, such as furnishing enemies with arms, troops, transportation, shelter, or classified information. If a subversive act has any tendency to weaken the power of the United States to attack or resist its enemies, aid and comfort has been given.
Our entire system of Intelligence, put in place by Obama,
Selling Uranium to Russia is what Hillary did.
WRONG. For those who don't click the link: treason requires a war against the US and ACTS which give aid and comfort to the country that is waging war against the US. Russia is not waging war against the US and therefore the absolute worst thing one can do with russia right now is sedition. Which isn't happening.
originally posted by: NorthernRock
Anyone that believes he mis-spoke is beyond naive.
originally posted by: soberbacchus
originally posted by: NorthernRock
Anyone that believes he mis-spoke is beyond naive.
Trumpites do not believe he misspoke.
They just assign no value to the truth, loyalty to country or American Ideals.