intent to influence the measures of conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof in relation to any disputes or controversies with the united states. that s what donald trump was doing with that tweet. he was clearly communicating with a foreign government and officer of a foreign government by name, v. putin, he intended to influence the conduct of that foreign government in a relation to a dispute with the united states. there is nothing in law that says the logan act does not apply to presidents-elect. the logan act is, in effect, the one president at a time principle written into law. with donald trump, we frequently say we have never been here before. we ve entered a new zone with in precedent. not this time. in 1968, when he was the republican nominee for president, richard nixon
what we were we were we were we were we were we were the decision to risk one s life for a political believe is now a distant third. who the two carriers can be easily or legal. prostitution what devotees determined by the jurisdiction from which the prostitute works in the world of espionage legality depends upon one s employers. spy for your country and you are quiet, and some hero. supply for another nation and you re a trader a monster, getting caught while working for the wrong side can mean death. how can one explain robert hennsen who had a lovely wife, wonderful children, some of a cop, veterans, chicago police department and the cop himself five years have you explain a guy like that that is what a trip to the my book. he was born in 1984 in chicago inside the city limits. his father was a chicago cop who had gone off to the war and the needy, said he was away when he was born. he came back shortly after the war ended and resumed his career as a cop. both of robert
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community. the cia, they wanted to find them themselves but finally he had already done most of the damage. the ames case is perhaps the most graphic and vivid example of the need to make structural changes in the operation of our intelligence community. when alder james was arrested, we knew he did significant damage to the intelligence community and we had other cases he was not involved in that went bad. you assume at that point that somebody else is trying to steal secret information and give it to the russians. and this is not a one off event and we ve got to make sure if there s anymore we have to find them. as soon as ames is brought to justice inordered a comprehensive examination of both internal and external studies of our counterintelligence operation. a presidential decision was
in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. that s it. treason is levying war against the united states or giving the enemies of the united states aid and comfort. the united states supreme court has come to interpret that sentence to mean giving aid and comfort to our enemies in a declared war. which is why no one has been charged with treason in the united states since the last time we were in a declared war, which was world war ii. without a declaration of war against russia, russia and vladimir putin would not fit definition of enemy in the constitution s definition of treason, and so, no, donald trump did not commit treason because it is virtually impossible to commit treason when we are not formally in a declared war with another country. that s why when cia officer alder james was caught selling