A California-born convert to Islam could become the first American accused of treason since World War Two after he appeared in al Qaeda videos, sources familiar with the man’s case said on Wednesday.
They said U.S. prosecutors were strongly considering bringing the charges, which carry a maximum punishment of death, against Adam Gadahn, 28, who is believed to be overseas and is not in U.S. custody.
The charges could come as early as Wednesday.
The U.S. Justice Department last brought treason charges, during the World War Two era, the sources said.
I love the irony in his “Becoming Muslim” manifesto:
“Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew well that they were not the bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be.”
lol convert to muslim, get sentanced to death by the govt – lol seperation of church and state, my ass!!
My guess is that he’ll eventually be captured and tried. His parents will get him a high priced attorney who’ll get him off. He’ll write a book, “My Life with the al Qaeda.” It’ll be turned into a movie and he’ll live out his life a very rich man.
How is this different than what Jane Fonda did? And what about the American Taliban from Marin, Co?
You’re a moron if you think the only reason he has been charged with treason is because he changed his religion, Tallwookie.
“How is this different than what Jane Fonda did?”
Jane Fonda had rich and powerful parents, plus she looked great in boots.
More importantly, there were plenty of Americans who agreed with her.
Frank IBC – thanks for not picking up on the sarcasm – now who’s the moron?
#3, Good question. The answer is simple, the US never declared war on North Viet Nam. The Pentagon was in Viet Nam solely to advise the South’s military.
They can forget about finding Gadahn as long as the American forces can’t move around inside Pakistan.
Can lying government officials be charged with treason? What about the ones that reapprofit from their positions? Just a thought you know… How about for being incompetent… nah, that’s voters fault, it’s a democracy, after all.
“… f you think the only reason he has been charged with treason is because he changed his religion…”
Yeah, that’s true. According to this article, he also made videos. Since we don’t actually have custody and he’s allegedly overseas, I wonder if he was extraordinarily rendered or something?
No doubt the videos had something to do with inciting people to kill Americans, though, making threats and stuff.
Wonder if Coulter will be cheerleading his execution, since we didn’t get Taliban Johnny? You know, to show that liberals can be killed, too?
So let’s see…did he kill anyone? Did he order the deaths of anyone to people he actually controlled?
So what did this guy do? Talk? So his “speech” isn’t free I take it. He said the wrong things, so that warrants the US executing him. Because the Constitution does say that speech is free, unless of course that speech says something the government doesn’t like, then it’s no longer free.
Sure, you can say that speech isn’t free anyway as you can’t shout FIRE in a movie theater. But you also can’t make videos bad mouthing the US. THAT cannot be tolerated. After all, as the President said “the Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper”.
He has been indicted on treason charges.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101121.html
I have heard that this is just a political stunt to get some better poll numbers, not that I don’t agree it shouldnt be done.
Product of a hardcore knee-jerk liberal upbringing – in the nice safe US, where he was taught by his asswipe PC parents that everyone in the world is wonderful (except for Americans) and all cultures are wonderful (except for his own – that of white people of European descent.)
To go from a middle-class life in 21st century California to saying “Hey, this tired, idiotic, violent, xenophobic Third-World pile of superstition really makes sense!” is proof that people can be educated far beyond their minds’ capacity to absorb and digest it.
You can officially renounce citizenship in the presence of a State Department official. It will not nullify any previous crimes or IRS debt. Renounced citizenship is irreparable. If you are actively participating in the overthrow of government, this is a sensible way to start. You should find a nation that will take you first. This isn’t a love it or leave it diatribe, but you should leave if your conscious no longer permits you live within the legal limits. This isn’t a first amendment questions, this is betrayal and sedition.
Technically, it isn’t treason, it’s sedition.
For those keeping track (i.e. nobody) I have been predicting for months that the administration would find somebody to prosecute for sedition. This is just a warm-up.
Not that the guy doesn’t deserve an ass-whooping, I mean. As usual, the strategy is to target somebody indefensible to start with. (i.e. child pornographers, terrorists, etc) and then move on to the more important targets.
The superstate beaurocrats must be pretty bored to go after this non-entity. I guess it’s more fun than just sitting around in Washington.
Really Lauren? His parents taught him political correctness? You’re blaming the way he is because he may have been taught that other people were ok? So what’s the alternative? Please enlighten us on how you would have raised him differently.
Actually, I’m beginning to hate all people, regardless of where they’re from or what the color of their skin is. They are all equally worthless in my eyes. The world is a fucked place as is proof from reading some of the asswipes that come to this forum. No one is correct yet everyone seems to think they are. Everyone has all the answers, yet no one goes about applying those solutions to the world around them. What are you personally doing to make the world, or at least this country, a better place Lauren, other than bitch about it? Me, I’ve given up…I’m saying the long good-bye to the human race. Good riddance and hopefully whatever species evolves to take over the planet in another million years or so will do a better job.
Now who wants pie?!?!
#18, me me me me me
It is funny how people like this guy and John(?) Walker Linde(sp?) aka the American Taliban get charged with crimes right away, but Jose Padilla aka the Dirty Bomber, who is also a US citizen gets arrested on US soil and then thrown into a military prison for 4 years without being charged and has to fight to even get access to a lawyer and then when he is charged it is for something very different than what they said they were detaining him for in the first place.
F’him he deserves what he gets.
Jeez, we had a president guilty of treason. He admitted to this during an interview.
He Looks Like Some metal head
#22 – And that President was?
If the muslims could actually deliver on the promise of 70 virgins to their jihadists, they’d likely be better off than they are now… perhaps this guy we’ve been deriding knows something we dont?
hrm….
72 virgins, actually.
Yea… but none of them look like Jane Fonda in the boots…
Who wants a virgin? I want a women that knows what she is doing and knows what she wants. Of course, now days, if you want a virgin you better hit it before she is 13. I know, it’s sad.
#24 WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON! He protested against this country on foreign soil while at Oxford.