U.S. Army Private Faces Spying Charges

[Mike Duvos]

Peter Trei writes:

> If this guy is guilty (and I have no particular reason to doubt it), 
> I was still under the impression that treason carried the death penalty 
> only in wartime.

The death penalty for spying on the part of members of the military
was part of the new and improved federal death penalty passed a number
of years back.  It added some 35 new federal death penalty offenses.
I don't recall whether saying "Clinton sucks" was included amongst them.

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