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more on Pat Robertson's Call For Assassination Of A Foreign Leader A Crime
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:16:23 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Levy <plevy () citizen org> Date: August 27, 2005 6:07:30 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Pat Robertson's Call For Assassination Of A Foreign Leader A Crime
Sorry, but John Dean's argument in the linked article is ridiculous. Robertson did not suggest that he was going to assassinate Chavez, or participate in a scheme to do so. He was complaining that his government was not using its capability to do that. Mere advocacy of government action, no crime under the statute.
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David Farber <dave () farber net> 08/27/05 1:32 PM >>>
Begin forwarded message: From: Peter H Salus <peter () netpedant com> Date: August 27, 2005 12:38:19 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: for IP? Dave, Take a look at //writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20050826.html I think this deserves wider publicity. Peter --------------------------------------------------------- Peter H. Salus, Ph.D. 55 Charles St. W., #1702 Toronto, ON M5S 2W9 CANADA peter () netpedant com +1 416 944-0515 Was Pat Robertson's Call For Assassination Of A Foreign Leader A Crime? Had He Been a Democrat, He'd Probably Be Hiring A Criminal Attorney By JOHN W. DEAN ---- Friday, Aug. 26, 2005 On Monday, August 22, the Chairman of the Christian Broadcast Network, Marion "Pat" Robertson, proclaimed, on his 700 Club television show, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be murdered. More specifically, Robertson said, "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination," referring to the American policy since the Presidency of Gerald Ford against assassination of foreign leaders, "but if he [Chavez] thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I don't think any oil shipments will stop." "We have the ability to take him out," Robertson continued, "and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with." ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as PLEVY () citizen org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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