Re: Fort Hood shooter

In article <2937h5lckrsjomqtdhioisilq43r15sufu@xxxxxxx>,
fjmccall@xxxxxxxxx says...

Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> tankfixer <paul.carrier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> :In article <R6_Nm.53076$Db2.27910@edtnps83>, nilita2004NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx
:> :says...
:> :>
:> :> tankfixer wrote:
:> :> > In article <p2jfg5dtfa3cc80oalq99epma65vd50dau@xxxxxxx>,
:> :> > >
:> :> > A military officer, corresponding with foreign enemies, making
:> :> > statements his superiours should have taken note of and counseled him
:> :> > for and then going and killing fellow soldiers...
:> :> > Yeah, your right, no treason in those actions...
:> :>
:> :> It sounds like treason to me. A slam dunk, I would say.
:> :
:> :I doubt they will charge him that way though.
:> :
:>
:> So do I, since it would be a preposterous distraction from the real
:> charges and he could never be convicted of it, since his actions don't
:> fit the Constitutional definition of 'treason'.
:>
:
:[quote]
: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.
:
:[/quote]
:
:Since when was a sniper killing people not "levying War" or "giving
:them Aid"?
:

Provide two witnesses to him conspiring with "them" to commit said
murders.

You did notice the "two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on
Confession in open Court" bit in there, didn't you?

I know of one witness personally....
And I am sure the other soldiers from his unit, at least those who were
present and survived can join him in testitfying..


Hint: Everyone who cracks up and kills people is not necessarily
acting in collusion with some enemy.


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