february. it is actually impossible to commit treason against the government of the united states today. because we do not have a specified enemy in a declared war. the constitution specified treason against the united states shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort. the supreme court has interpreted that to mean that it is only possible to commit treason during a war that is authorized by a congressional declaration of war. the last time the united states fought a declared war, declared by congress was world war ii. and that is why the last time an american was charged with and convicted of treason was word
who specifically are you additional missile defense accusing of treason? systems and surveillance well, i think a number of aircraft to the area. people. joining me, nbc s courtney cubey and i think what you look is that they have unsuccessfully at the pentagon. tried to take down the wrong this is certainly a thing that seems to be trickling, you know, person. if you look at comey, if you more and more in terms of troops look at mccabe, if you look at going to the middle east. probably people higher than shanahan seems to be a little that, if you look at strzok, if more obtuse about it. walk us through the numbers. you look at his lover, lisa who s going and what are they page, they want an insurance doing? well, i m going to confuse you even a little bit more with policy so that should see that for any reason lose remember, the numbers. so the the 1,500 number 100 million to one, maybe said includes about 600 service 100 million to nothing, but members who are assigned to a s
sanctions enforcement against iran levying fines in the billions of dollars on major international banks that are in violation of u.s. sanctions laws continue to do business with iran. that kind of financial pressure sustained over time is necessary, so mr. bolton is right in that regard. however, north korea s nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the meantime continue to grow in their totality. eric: they are continuing and not giving up on that. meanwhile human rights was not really raised. we have the controversy over otto warmbier, i spent some time with his parents recently in my reporting. this is the statement they issued last week. we have been respectful during the summit process. now we must speak up. kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son otto. him and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. no excuse or lavish praise can change that. you weighed in on the federal lawsuit this they were
this. former towel colin powell robert joins us now. those who leave whether citizens or not they can t come back, can they? no. what mike pompeo is exactly right here. what you are witnessing is the operational definition of the renunciation or the renouncing of their citizenship. and in our we have a federal statutes. we have the constitution itself which defines treason very clearly. in fact, even alabama has laws to define treason she fits directly into that bottom line what she did was what they call levying war against the state or joining a foreign against the united states. she has renounced heir citizenship. these two stories this one and preceding one are related. very important that we assimilate immigrants into this country. sheet pass part of enclave
means the u.s. is levying threats against our own ally in nato. it s all very confusing and that s what we are grateful to talk to christian witness, former state department senior advisor in the trumpet budget ministrations, joins us now. i m not here to attack the kurds, but i m all of a sudden hearing that we are the well-being of kurdish forces is now more important than getting our troops home. when did this become a critical national security imperative? that s an excellent question anything bolton may have actually been misquoted. tucker: i hope so. he says just that turkey ought to consult with us before they do something in the areas where the kurds are but there is definitely a large unseen force here in washington that want to go from the actual mission, which is killing ices, something i think we were all on board with, president trump sold to the american people and succeeded onto protecting the kurds, essentially creating another defective state in syria just like