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First treason indictment since WWII
2006-10-12
Snip, duplicate, see below. Heh. AoS.
Posted by:Jackal

#17  Find him, try himl, convict him, hang him. Make prosecution for treason acceptable again.

Then indict John F'ing Kerry.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-10-12 19:07  

#16  In a perfect world I'd like to think our gov't has "boots on the ground", so to speak, wandering the entire face of the earth in exoctic locations searching, very discreetly, for the likes of people such as this traitor and worse. Whether this is happening I do not know. But I like to think it does.

Find him. When it happens you'll know what to do.
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-10-12 18:52  

#15  If the turban don't fit, you must acquit.
Posted by: Ackoopmed   2006-10-12 15:21  

#14  Ambitious prosecutors sometimes try to resurrect arcane laws to see if they can revitalize them. The Vietnam war "killed off" a whole bunch of laws when the government just refused to prosecute people who had obviously and willfully violated them. That meant in the future, defendants could claim selective prosecution and get the charges dismissed.

If the prosecutor in this case is smart, the defendant is already known to be dead, but that information is classified. This would mean that the trial is limited to just the facts, with no "OJ circus" interference. No weeping family in the court, no heavily published ranting by the accused, and no political exploitation.

The logic of this is that it doesn't matter to this turdball, he is (possibly) already dead. What matters is that they have brought back to life the treason statute, and they will have a pretty airtight modern precedent on which to base *future* prosecutions if they can get a conviction.

Of course, this sets aside the question of whether the government *should* prosecute for "treason", a statute that is traditionally misused as it is used.

Personally, the statute I would like to see resurrected is the one that prohibits private individuals from conducting foreign policy on behalf of the US without permission.

That one would prohibit everything from armed American mercenaries working for a less than friendly, if not enemy government; to Jesse Jackson going overseas to support some dictator against the US.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-10-12 11:12  

#13  Good. Find the scum guilty and riddle him with bullets upon capture.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-10-12 09:41  

#12  Hopefully, one day soon, he won't wake up at all ...
Posted by: doc   2006-10-12 07:54  

#11  Yep.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-10-12 07:15  

#10  Credit where due tho, he does have that nutty muzzie righthand speechafying thing down.
Posted by: Shipmam   2006-10-12 07:14  

#9  One day he'll wake up and realized he fucked up bad.
Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087   2006-10-12 05:09  

#8  Good luck, Zenster. Here's Chaplain (MAJ) Muhammad, the Heidelberg family life chaplain, explaining why Muslims fast during Ramadan:
This spiritual act increases the sense of unity and brotherhood for Muslims all over the world . . . . Muslims believe that fasting is an act of pure submission to GodÂ’s command which is given in the QurÂ’an. Fasting has many benefits, but its true significance is to develop a sense of complete obedience to the One who created all people and gave them physical and spiritual needs and the means to fulfill those needs.
See? it's just committing to solidarity with the ummah and the supremacy of Allah. How could there possibly be any loyalty issues?

Happily, there are plenty of mosques in USAREUR where you can ask: The Chapel Annex on Tompkins Barracks, in Schwetzingen, the Islamic Worship Center, Hanau, and the Muslim and Jewish multi-faith chapel at Ramstein Air Force Base.

Doesn't that last one sound nice? I think it sounds nice. In fact, it makes me want to go have a nice big group hug.

Of course, some sourpusses who wrote letters to the editor aren't buying the teddy bears and rainbows. I think they need a big hug too!
Posted by: exJAG   2006-10-12 04:56  

#7  They cannot prove loyalty to anything.

That old taqqiya thingy really spoils all the fun, doesn't it? It may well force us to remove all known Muslims from our armed forces. I see little alternative.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-12 03:34  

#6  Azzam the American is just a stooge. He's not important in the greater scheme of things. He's just a pet that they keep in Pakistan, and trot him out once in a while to parrot something. I hate to say it, but this probably is political grandstanding.
Posted by: gromky   2006-10-12 03:29  

#5  How can they even propose their loyalty to courts? They cannot prove loyalty to anything. No code means just that to you but not for thee?
Posted by: newc   2006-10-12 03:26  

#4  I'll take it. But anybody out there make sure it never comes to this Johnny Taliban should have never made the courts lets hope he doesn't.
Posted by: Dunno   2006-10-12 01:06  

#3  They cheat Jackal.
Posted by: .com   2006-10-12 00:18  

#2  You just know that the ACLU is salivating at the prospect of defending this pond scum encrusted piece of excrement.
Posted by: RWV   2006-10-12 00:17  

#1  I think this one is a duplicate. I posted it maybe 20 minutes before midnight. You can't beat the AoS.
Posted by: Jackal   2006-10-12 00:13  

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