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To: TennTuxedo

First Amendment... Can’t make laws regarding the freedom of the press.

But, there are laws against being traitors.....


3 posted on 12/14/2007 8:14:54 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

There are laws against what is printed.

Libel is criminal. False advertising is criminal. Treason is criminal...


8 posted on 12/14/2007 8:26:37 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Call it what it is ESPIONAGE!!!!!

The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I, on June 15, 1917, which made it a crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. It was punishable by a maximum $USD 10,000 fine (almost $170,000 in today’s dollars) and 20 years in prison. The legislation was passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who feared any widespread dissent in time of war, thinking that it constituted a real threat to an American territory!


12 posted on 12/14/2007 8:31:01 AM PST by flynmudd (Proud Navy Mom)
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To: Rick.Donaldson
First Amendment... Can’t make laws regarding the freedom of the press.

How odd that EVERY other right is subject to reasonable restrictions... but the Free Press (and abortion) seem to be unassailable and sacrosanct. Hmmm...

19 posted on 12/14/2007 8:57:17 AM PST by Teacher317 (Eta kuram na smekh)
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To: Rick.Donaldson
A more appropriate platform for treason:

22 posted on 12/14/2007 12:15:28 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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