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Voltaire2

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11. Adversary has no legal meaning with respect to

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 8, 2017, 08:23 AM

Jul 2017

treason or espionage. Or anything else for that matter. Besides you have it backwards. Russia aided the Trump campaign. As I said there was a mutual interest in defeating Clinton.

It is entirely possible that Russia acted on its own with no coordination or cooperation with the Trump campaign. It is also entirely possible that they did collude. In either case treason or espionage are far fetched

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You are Trump. You have just colluded with a hostile foreign power in the run-up to the election. [View all] Mr. Ected Jul 2017 OP

It isn't treason. We are not at war with Russia. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #1

There's treason in a legal sense. There's treason in a colloquial sense. Mr. Ected Jul 2017 #2

It isn't clear that the president can violate any espionage acts. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #3

He aided and abetted our adversary before the election -- that's how he got to be President. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #9

Adversary has no legal meaning with respect to Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #11

Modern warfare is just as likely to involve computers as fighter jets. Computers can inflict pnwmom Jul 2017 #7

Sure if they shutdown our power plants that would be Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #13

*45 can be indicted, as sitting POTUS for unlawful acts committed both prior to taking office AND MedusaX Jul 2017 #4

Brilliant synopsis Mr Ected ! You have managed to boil it all down perfectly ! Hard to Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2017 #5

Very well-articulated, Mr. Ected. kentuck Jul 2017 #6

re: right wing media-if some of us can sacrifice 15min. each and take note of sponsors and then post diva77 Jul 2017 #8

Our Founders did not write protections against a Mobster Administration. annabanana Jul 2017 #10

Kick. dalton99a Jul 2017 #12