[Vision2020] Why is this not treason?

[Pat Kraut]

Why is it not treason for the NYT to publish the ways the CIA is tracking by cell phone so that they stop using them and we cannot find terrorists?? Or a variety of other things that have happened recently to jeopardize our safety??


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: keely emerinemix 
  To: Art Deco ; Vision 2020 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Why is this not treason?


  Because . . . I don't know . . . we've re-defined "treason" as "not doing what Cheney and Bush, et al, say we should do to support the troops"?  And "asking hard questions of the incompetents in office," as well as "buying Dixie Chicks CDs."

  This is certainly an outrage, very likely treasonous, and won't be prosecuted as such because it's business, and business is the elixir of the right.

  keely



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    From: deco at moscow.com
    To: vision2020 at moscow.com
    Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:49:58 -0700
    Subject: [Vision2020] Why is this not treason?


    Why are not the acts described below treason?  Why have not the responsible parties been tried for treason?  Instead the company has been reward with a new contract with $50 of the $100 million applied in payment of that contract.

    Perhaps all you V 2020 clear-headed Bush Administration Apologist can explain?

    W.

    Defense contractor admits sending classified materials overseas, will pay $100 million penalty
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The leading manufacturer of night vision gear for the Defense Department has admitted sending classified materials overseas and will pay a $100 million penalty, according to federal prosecutors, who say the actions of ITT Corp. have jeopardized the security of U.S. soldiers.
    ITT, based in Roanoke, Va., exported classified or sensitive technical data to China, Singapore and Britain without having obtained authorization from the United States, prosecutors said.
    The conviction is the first involving a major defense contractor violating the Arms Export Control Act, prosecutors said.
    Saying that American soldiers are "the principal victims of ITT's crimes," U.S. Attorney John Brownlee said he has structured the $100 million penalty so that half of the money is spent by ITT to develop a next-generation night vision system and "ensure that our soldiers have the best night vision equipment in the world." --From CNN Producer Mike M. Ahlers (Posted 12:36 p.m.)



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