Hey troll.m3thod wrote:
Nice title.
More like treason.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Interesting that you advocate capital punishment for money laundering and perjury...
Won't argue with that.Mek-Izzle wrote:
Plenty more politicians here and in the US that should go down for treason.
Do tell me how being employed by a company legally amounts to treason?usmarine2005 wrote:
More like treason.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Interesting that you advocate capital punishment for money laundering and perjury...
No, because it's becoming a little cliche.David.P wrote:
So should i start with the Islam bashing?
Congressman was a Muslim?David.P wrote:
So should i start with the Islam bashing?
Well the Treasury Department seems to think otherwise of that "charity"KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Do tell me how being employed by a company legally amounts to treason?usmarine2005 wrote:
More like treason.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Interesting that you advocate capital punishment for money laundering and perjury...
The man consulted for the charity and laundered money and then lied about it. He didn't donate any money to it, he actually lobbied the government to remove it from the list of terrorist fund raising organizations- something else the lawsuit is trying to prove (that it was in fact donating money used in terrorist planning or attacks). There is no treason, simply perhaps a bad moral decision to work for a charity that among other activities is suspected of donating to a Taliban/Al Qaeda sympathizer.usmarine2005 wrote:
Well the Treasury Department seems to think otherwise of that "charity"KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Do tell me how being employed by a company legally amounts to treason?usmarine2005 wrote:
More like treason.
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Ya you're right.FatherTed wrote:
No, because it's becoming a little cliche.David.P wrote:
So should i start with the Islam bashing?
Laundered money, lied, lobbied to get the organization removed from th list of terrorist fund raisers so the ring could send more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Sounds like treason to me. Lock n load.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
The man consulted for the charity and laundered money and then lied about it. He didn't donate any money to it, he actually lobbied the government to remove it from the list of terrorist fund raising organizations- something else the lawsuit is trying to prove (that it was in fact donating money used in terrorist planning or attacks). There is no treason, simply perhaps a bad moral decision to work for a charity that among other activities is suspected of donating to a Taliban/Al Qaeda sympathizer.
I think it counts as treason in this case.The US Constitution wrote:
Article III.
Section 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
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I totally agree.usmarine2005 wrote:
"A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080116/ap_ … n_indicted
I mean seriously. This guy should be hanged.
Read the article. He didn't give any aid. He was hired as a consultant to lobby the U.S. government. He is tied to the organization and lawsuit only in that he helped launder money then lied about it in legal depositions.Spark wrote:
I think it counts as treason in this case.The US Constitution wrote:
Article III.
Section 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
You agree he laundered money, yes? I've been in the financial industry for 8 years in lending and managing accounts. We have regulations in place to prevent money laundering because it is an incredibly serious crime in and of itself. Knowing where the money went, the money laundering alone is treason. Add on perjury and lobbying to get the organization off the terror support list only solidifies the case for treason.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Read the article. Do I really have to think for you too?
Ken why are you defending him?KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Read the article. He didn't give any aid. He was hired as a consultant to lobby the U.S. government. He is tied to the organization and lawsuit only in that he helped launder money then lied about it in legal depositions.Spark wrote:
I think it counts as treason in this case.The US Constitution wrote:
Article III.
Section 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
Money laundering and perjury does not equal treason.