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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald defends Republicans trying to sabotage Iran negotiations. [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He is entitled to his opinion, even if his opinion is based on a feeling.
Here is a little fact to consider when defending Greenwald's, and the GOP senators' position.
The Logan Act has remained almost unchanged and unused since its passage. The act is short and reads as follows:
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
Is the GOP Senators' actions in attempting to sabotage and subvert the US in negotiations treason under the Logan Act? Remember that the GOP Senators are in fact government officials. They cannot have private opinions in this matter because they are acting as Senators. Shades of R. M. Nixon, and Ronnie Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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