[fhayek]

I presume that Kerry's lawyers would argue that speaking to individual members of a group is different from having direct contact with the group.

If this is true, then you have loop hole large enough to drive a mack truck through.

[wagglebee]

I don't think there's a loophole. I'm just certain that sKerry did it in such a way that any criminal complaint would go to a leftist federal court circuit which will do anything to defend their comrades.