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Keith Olbermann

Fiendish Thingy

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7. Feel free to quote any charge or conviction for aiding/abetting enemy without a declaration of war

Reply to bullimiami (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 23, 2022, 12:55 PM

Feb 2022

You can’t because there aren’t any. “Aiding and abetting enemies” requires a declaration of war to define the “enemy”.

Otherwise Jane Fonda, the Rosenbergs, and numerous Al-Qaeda sympathizing American citizens would have been charged with treason.

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Trump giving "aid and comfort to the Enemy".. #ArrestHimNow [View all] ificandream Feb 2022 OP

That was my 1st thought! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

...and this is why Olbermann isn't in the MSM anymore Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #2

People say this all the time... bullimiami Feb 2022 #3

First off, the Constitution is not a criminal statute Effete Snob Feb 2022 #5

Since there hasn't been a statutory enemy since December 1941, is treason defunct? Zen Democrat Feb 2022 #6

There hasn't been a prosecution since then either Effete Snob Feb 2022 #8

Feel free to quote any charge or conviction for aiding/abetting enemy without a declaration of war Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #7

The Rosenbergs are a good example Effete Snob Feb 2022 #9

They have their paid for media saying the same thing to pwb Feb 2022 #4