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It's a huge stretch of that law but not particularly new. Al Capone was finally put in jail for violations of the taxation code! It shows how creative people ge

It's a huge stretch of that law but not particularly new. Al Capone was finally put in jail for violations of the taxation code! It shows how creative people get when they want to get go after someone. The logic would be Snowden releases documentation that exposes methods used by the NSA to protect people from terrorism. So stopping that release reduces the chance of a terrorism attack. That would be how the mindset goes from folks who were behind targeting this detainment.

greenyoda 13y ago
"Al Capone was finally put in jail for violations of the taxation code!" Except that Al Capone actually was guilty of tax code violations (he didn't report the income from his criminal enterprises), whereas David Miranda is in no way a terrorist (at least under any rational definition of terrorism).
pessimizer 13y ago
Violation of the tax code is a crime, though, and Capone was prosecuted under those laws because he was violating the tax code. That's creative. Miranda was not detained under terrorism laws because he was suspected to be a terrorist, but because he was suspected to be a journalist. That's simple abuse of power.
- jusben1369 13y ago
  As susi22 points out the laws here are deliberately very broad.
denis1 13y ago
I'm not 100% sure, but i think Al Capone actually broke the taxation code. This guy is most certainly not terrorist. I think your comparison is not a very good one.
- jusben1369 13y ago
  I'm now wishing I didn't use the Al Capone example because people keep pointing out David Miranda is not a terrorist! I agree! But he might be involved in aiding or abetting terrorism by helping to release documentation that's critical in the fight against terrorism. To be clear, I'm not supporting what they did! I'm just trying to point out what the thought process was behind these actions to try and add to the overall debate.
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greenyoda 13y ago

"Al Capone was finally put in jail for violations of the taxation code!" Except that Al Capone actually was guilty of tax code violations (he didn't report the income from his criminal enterprises), whereas David Miranda is in no way a terrorist (at least under any rational definition of terrorism).

pessimizer 13y ago

Violation of the tax code is a crime, though, and Capone was prosecuted under those laws because he was violating the tax code. That's creative. Miranda was not detained under terrorism laws because he was suspected to be a terrorist, but because he was suspected to be a journalist. That's simple abuse of power.

jusben1369 13y ago
As susi22 points out the laws here are deliberately very broad.

denis1 13y ago

I'm not 100% sure, but i think Al Capone actually broke the taxation code. This guy is most certainly not terrorist. I think your comparison is not a very good one.

jusben1369 13y ago
I'm now wishing I didn't use the Al Capone example because people keep pointing out David Miranda is not a terrorist! I agree! But he might be involved in aiding or abetting terrorism by helping to release documentation that's critical in the fight against terrorism. To be clear, I'm not supporting what they did! I'm just trying to point out what the thought process was behind these actions to try and add to the overall debate.
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