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I was merely saying that I don't feel like arguing the morality of it, whereas he'd need a very clever lawyer and a sympathetic judge to get out of the treason
by BruceIV 13y ago
I was merely saying that I don't feel like arguing the morality of it, whereas he'd need a very clever lawyer and a sympathetic judge to get out of the treason charge should he ever stand trial.
- habitue 13y agoActually, it looks like treason will be a hard sell in Snowden's case: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/edward-snowden-92687.html http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/edward-snowden-92687.h... From someone who is a lawyer: “I do not believe it is treason,” said George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley. “There is nothing to suggest that his motivation was to assist our enemies or a foreign power.” The gist of the article is that they would most likely prosecute him for espionage (which doesn't require him to be spying "for" anybody), and that the treason/traitor allegations by officials are for rhetorical effect (though they mention it isn't entirely impossible to charge him with treason using some very tortured logic).
- BruceIV 13y agoInteresting. Thanks for the heads up.