Sedition?

February 3, 2009 at 6:52 pm | Posted in Obama, Terrorism | Leave a comment
Tags: Obama, Terrorism

I might be talking down to you, but I recognize that some of you – for example, our President – have no idea what the Logan Act is.

Cutnpasted from law.jrank.org:

The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without authorization.

Congress established the Logan Act in 1799, less than one year after passage of the ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS, which authorized the arrest and deportation of ALIENS and prohibited written communication defamatory to the U.S. government. The 1799 act was named after Dr. George Logan. A prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania, Logan did not draft or introduce the legislation that bears his name, but was involved in the political climate that precipitated it.

***So. If you’re Barack Obama, and you’re not the President – in fact, you’re so not the President that you go out of your way to announce that you are not the President – why are you negotiating with al Quaida and directly disobeying the Logan Act? Arrogance? Stupidity? Amateur Hour? All 3?