Posted on 02/24/2010 1:42:59 AM PST by Cindy
February 24, 2010
SNIPPET: "Can the government forbid you from talking with terrorists? The Supreme Court heard arguments in an antiterrorism case presenting this First Amendment issue. The War on Terror just met the Bill of Rights, and now the justices need to sort them out.
On February 23 the Court heard arguments in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP)."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
They also want sympathy for their cause.
Since they violate the Geneva Convention in all of this, They should be accorded no rights and enjoy the hangmans noose after a military tribunal.
geez ... in 1942, if you were caught talking to a German Soldier, you would have been hanged or shot.
If I was getting phone calls from someone in a known terrorist area,.. you better HOPE they’re keeping an eye on me and an ear on my phone.
I am protected under the first ammendment, so long as I have my thumb in an open bullet wound, on said terrorist.
So long as I cause extreme pain and gain useful information it is acceptable.
The only caveat is apparently you cannot feed them chocolate or truffles, that would be violation of federal crime and further subject you to interpol
This is a disingenuous way of phrasing the question. It's not about "talking" with the evil terrorists who want to murder or enslave every free person in the world. We talk with terrorists during waterboarding, and that's okay with those in government who support that method of questioning. It's about talking with terrorists to provide support for their evil actions. So the real question is about conspiracy and support for a criminal conspiracy.
"Silent enim leges inter arma" - Cicero
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) makes it a federal felony for any American to provide:
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