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What boggles me in this case is that the Hobby Lobby people involved are not not already on a fast track for criminal charges. There are cases where simply don
by rabboRubble 9y ago
What boggles me in this case is that the Hobby Lobby people involved are not not already on a fast track for criminal charges.
There are cases where simply donating money intended for orphan to the wrong type of Islamic organization has led to jail time.
What more giving millions to buy black market artifacts from ISIS!
I'll try to dig up a link about the charitable donation.
Edit: Supreme Court ruling on providing support to organizations designated as terrorist organizations.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-court-idUSTRE65K4B420100621 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-court-idUSTRE...
This is a better article about the same case:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/21/high-court-upholds-material-support-law/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/21/high-court-u...
ACLUs commentary on Chilling Muslim charitable giving in the "war on terrorism funding"
https://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/humanrights/blockingfaith.pdf https://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/humanrights/blockingfaith.pd...
And here we go, this is the case I recall. Two "normal" women tried and convicted of providing terrorist support. The government made the case that, despite the intended charity to orphans, the women should have known they were funding a terrorist organization's larger efforts. The Hobby Lobby guys need to be held to the same standards as these (likely poor) women.
http://www.startribune.com/two-rochester-women-get-10-20-years-for-aiding-somalia-terrorists/207699791/ http://www.startribune.com/two-rochester-women-get-10-20-yea...
- Dolores12 9y agoDon't forget Turkey&co is buying oil from daesh.
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- Agathos 9y agoYeah, but none of those Democrats are running the Justice Department right now.
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- spamizbad 9y agoIt's weird how you can provide significant economic resources to a terrorist organization and get off with a paltry fine, but the FBI is willing to sting mentally-disabled people and throw them in jail[1] [1]: https://theintercept.com/2015/07/13/another-terror-arrest-another-mentally-ill-man-armed-fbi/ https://theintercept.com/2015/07/13/another-terror-arrest-an... http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a47390/alabama-isis-peyton-pruitt/ http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a47390/alabama-isis-pey...