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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
I believe a good lawyer could make the case that by deliberately giving a foreign national classified documents he was in turn giving aid and comfort to our ememies.
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As a lawyer (good or not is debatable DF
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It does not state that the aid has to be directly given to our enemies.
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"Treason against the United States, shall consist
only in levying War against them, or
in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." More has to happen than the information getting to enemies of the United States. A traitor must actually "adhere" -- affirmatively join with and give allegience or support to -- our enemies.
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This may be splitting hairs but isn't that what lawyers do?
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Sometimes, when the law will support the splitting of the hairs. A court buying the splitting of hairs is a different matter, particularly if we're talking about SCOUTS.
I would have thought that someone who has expressed sympathy for the Tea Party movement would be more concerned with strict adherence to the Constitution than with splitting hairs.
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I think it is a moot point though as we, with our current DOJ, don't have the guts to bring him up on treason charges.
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I'd say that if he's not brought up on treason charges, it has nothing to do with the current administration and everything to do with the constitutional definition of treason and the Rule of Law.