[rwilson99]

Free Aldrich Ames...

The instant you take a call or communication from someone connected with a foriegn power, who has declared war on the United States, your status as a US Person is eliminated by your status as the agent of a foreign power.

Any other reasoning would make it impossible to conduct survielance during an all out war on our own soil. The framers never intended that.

[inquest]

The instant you take a call or communication from someone connected with a foriegn power, who has declared war on the United States, your status as a US Person is eliminated by your status as the agent of a foreign power.

That's pretty amazing. So al-Qaeda has the power to deny personhood to you just by calling your house and leaving a message on your machine. Talk about a force-multiplier!