U.S. Indicts Saudi Student For Website Contents

An anonymous reader writes "A student ( studying for his doctorate) has been charged by the U.S. government for setting up a website, moderating a email list listing it as 'material support' for the terrorist. How fine is the line between First Amendment rights and 'material support'?"

Comments

First Amendment rights don't trump treason

[jgardn]

If I blab national secrets to our foreign or domestic enemies, am I covered by the first amendment? I think not. If I was a citizen, I would be charged with treason, and hopefully, I would receive the death penalty. If I were a foreign national, I would expect the same, except the trial may be shorter or even omitted.

Even if he didn't give material support to terrorist organizations, being a consenting facilitator in a mailing list for such a purpose is an act of war or terror or whatever you want to call it. The United States of America is at war with terrorists and anyone who helps them. He obviously helped them, if he is not one himself.

I hope this guy ends up in Guantanamo and all his rights are stripped away. I hope the only document he'll be able to appeal to will be the Geneva Convention. I hope he is held accountable for the thousands of Jewish settlers that have been murdered, the hundreds of Arabs that have been murdered, and the thousands of Americans that have been murdered by the terrorists.

Re:Well that's a whole new kettle of fish.

[stevew]

This was a GREAT post - it's too bad you have the SUV nonsense as a SIG pointing at an article by Ariana "The private jet I flew here on was going there anyway!" Huffington.