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To: LindyBill who wrote (108509)	7/28/2003 5:38:39 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

re: One-Click Treason: If an American citizen takes money from a foreign nation or organization that is at war with the U.S., that is treason. If he joins an organization that is at war with us, or joins the army of any foreign nation , that too is treason. So far, so good. But, beyond that, it gets murky. The phrase "aid and comfort" is one of those elastic phrases with fuzzy edges, that can be potentially stretched to cover almost anything. As the article says, "Most critics of their country want to help it." Even agreeing with, and carrying out, actions advocated by Bin Laden in his videotapes can't count as treason. For instance, one of Bin Laden's main complaints against the U.S., is the presence of U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia. Is it treasanous to say, "Yes, he's right. We should pull our troops out, this will greatly decrease the justifiable anger on the Arab Street at the U.S." ? How can that be treason, since that is exactly what our government has decided to do, in an effort to co-opt Al Queda? The truth is, there is no way to distinguish between "independant propagandists", and patriots who want to understand and co-opt the enemy.