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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17750 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:36 pm Post subject: Treason |
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Can anyone out there explain how this is not treason?
Congress passed, and Trump signed, H.R. 3364, which limits the authority of the President to relax sanctions against Russia. The vote was 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in the House, and the concern over tampering in the 2016 election was one of the root causes. Here is a summary of the provisions related to Russia:
Quote: | The Act provides for sanctions related to the following activities: (1) cyber security, (2) crude oil projects, (3) financial institutions, (4) corruption, (5) human rights abuses, (6) evasion of sanctions, (7) transactions with Russian defense or intelligence sectors, ( export pipelines, (9) privatization of state-owned assets by government officials, and (10) arms transfers to Syria. Under the Act, sanctions that were imposed primarily by executive orders under the Obama administration would require an act of Congress to be changed or removed. As a result, sanctions will not
be able to be adapted as swiftly in response to evolving geopolitical developments.
On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” which imposes new
sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran and highlights the
continuing challenges that companies face in complying with the
constantly evolving sanctions landscape.
Under the new legislation, the president is required to submit for congressional review certain proposed actions to terminate or waive Russian sanctions. The Trump administration can apply for waivers if it certifies that certain conditions have been met. Such conditions include Russian progress on implementing the peace deal in the Ukraine known as the Minsk agreement and “significant” Russian efforts to “reduce the number and intensity of [its] cyber intrusions.”
The Trump administration obtained some changes to the legislation since its first passage by the House and Senate, including those sought by energy companies. For example, U.S. businesses can work with Russian entities on certain deepwater, shale and Arctic offshore projects so long as they do not involve a sanctioned individual or entity having an ownership stake of 33 percent or greater. Interestingly, this is a stricter threshold than many current sanctions that subject an entity to sanctions if 50 percent or more owned by a sanctioned party |
Given the scope of Russian tampering, Congress essentially mandated further sanctions--but Trump refused. Never mind? https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/30/16949878/trump-russia-sanction-list-oligarch-congress
From that article:
Quote: | The legislation almost unanimously passed both chambers, and it was clear that Congress would override a presidential veto. It was explicitly designed to make old sanctions against Russia permanent and pressure Trump to impose new ones. The bill forced Trump to impose costs on Putin for interfering in America’s democratic process and his interventions in Ukraine and Syria.
But Trump resented Congress’s move to box him in on Russia policy. The president slammed the legislation in a written signing statement, calling it “seriously flawed,” and said that he could “make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Sean Kane, a former sanctions official at the Treasury Department, told me that most presidential administrations balk at Congress telling them whom and what to sanction — that’s power the White House likes to wield.
So Trump missed Monday’s deadline to impose the new sanctions. But the administration did do something else it was required to do: It released a list of 210 Russian leaders and billionaires with purported ties to Putin in order to indicate that the administration was watching them.
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I could follow up with the Constitutional provisions that establish a role for Congress in foreign policy--but this would not be the only part of the Constitution about which Trump is unaware. |
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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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I know you're big on predictions, even though you have a terrible batting average, but inquiring minds need to know.
Tell us mac, when will Trump be charged with treason? |
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mat-ty
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 7850
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Treason |
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mac wrote: | Can anyone out there explain how this is not treason?
Congress passed, and Trump signed, H.R. 3364, which limits the authority of the President to relax sanctions against Russia. The vote was 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in the House, and the concern over tampering in the 2016 election was one of the root causes. Here is a summary of the provisions related to Russia:
Quote: | The Act provides for sanctions related to the following activities: (1) cyber security, (2) crude oil projects, (3) financial institutions, (4) corruption, (5) human rights abuses, (6) evasion of sanctions, (7) transactions with Russian defense or intelligence sectors, ( export pipelines, (9) privatization of state-owned assets by government officials, and (10) arms transfers to Syria. Under the Act, sanctions that were imposed primarily by executive orders under the Obama administration would require an act of Congress to be changed or removed. As a result, sanctions will not
be able to be adapted as swiftly in response to evolving geopolitical developments.
On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” which imposes new
sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran and highlights the
continuing challenges that companies face in complying with the
constantly evolving sanctions landscape.
Under the new legislation, the president is required to submit for congressional review certain proposed actions to terminate or waive Russian sanctions. The Trump administration can apply for waivers if it certifies that certain conditions have been met. Such conditions include Russian progress on implementing the peace deal in the Ukraine known as the Minsk agreement and “significant” Russian efforts to “reduce the number and intensity of [its] cyber intrusions.”
The Trump administration obtained some changes to the legislation since its first passage by the House and Senate, including those sought by energy companies. For example, U.S. businesses can work with Russian entities on certain deepwater, shale and Arctic offshore projects so long as they do not involve a sanctioned individual or entity having an ownership stake of 33 percent or greater. Interestingly, this is a stricter threshold than many current sanctions that subject an entity to sanctions if 50 percent or more owned by a sanctioned party |
Given the scope of Russian tampering, Congress essentially mandated further sanctions--but Trump refused. Never mind? https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/30/16949878/trump-russia-sanction-list-oligarch-congress
From that article:
Quote: | The legislation almost unanimously passed both chambers, and it was clear that Congress would override a presidential veto. It was explicitly designed to make old sanctions against Russia permanent and pressure Trump to impose new ones. The bill forced Trump to impose costs on Putin for interfering in America’s democratic process and his interventions in Ukraine and Syria.
But Trump resented Congress’s move to box him in on Russia policy. The president slammed the legislation in a written signing statement, calling it “seriously flawed,” and said that he could “make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Sean Kane, a former sanctions official at the Treasury Department, told me that most presidential administrations balk at Congress telling them whom and what to sanction — that’s power the White House likes to wield.
So Trump missed Monday’s deadline to impose the new sanctions. But the administration did do something else it was required to do: It released a list of 210 Russian leaders and billionaires with purported ties to Putin in order to indicate that the administration was watching them.
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I could follow up with the Constitutional provisions that establish a role for Congress in foreign policy--but this would not be the only part of the Constitution about which Trump is unaware. |
Passed by nearly 100% in both house and then signed by President. Trump passes a bill that limits his power?
Meanwhile we killed some 200 Russians in Syria last week. |
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wsurfer
Joined: 17 Aug 2000 Posts: 1635
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: Treason |
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mat-ty wrote: | mac wrote: | Can anyone out there explain how this is not treason?
Congress passed, and Trump signed, H.R. 3364, which limits the authority of the President to relax sanctions against Russia. The vote was 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in the House, and the concern over tampering in the 2016 election was one of the root causes. Here is a summary of the provisions related to Russia:
Quote: | The Act provides for sanctions related to the following activities: (1) cyber security, (2) crude oil projects, (3) financial institutions, (4) corruption, (5) human rights abuses, (6) evasion of sanctions, (7) transactions with Russian defense or intelligence sectors, ( export pipelines, (9) privatization of state-owned assets by government officials, and (10) arms transfers to Syria. Under the Act, sanctions that were imposed primarily by executive orders under the Obama administration would require an act of Congress to be changed or removed. As a result, sanctions will not
be able to be adapted as swiftly in response to evolving geopolitical developments.
On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” which imposes new
sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran and highlights the
continuing challenges that companies face in complying with the
constantly evolving sanctions landscape.
Under the new legislation, the president is required to submit for congressional review certain proposed actions to terminate or waive Russian sanctions. The Trump administration can apply for waivers if it certifies that certain conditions have been met. Such conditions include Russian progress on implementing the peace deal in the Ukraine known as the Minsk agreement and “significant” Russian efforts to “reduce the number and intensity of [its] cyber intrusions.”
The Trump administration obtained some changes to the legislation since its first passage by the House and Senate, including those sought by energy companies. For example, U.S. businesses can work with Russian entities on certain deepwater, shale and Arctic offshore projects so long as they do not involve a sanctioned individual or entity having an ownership stake of 33 percent or greater. Interestingly, this is a stricter threshold than many current sanctions that subject an entity to sanctions if 50 percent or more owned by a sanctioned party |
Given the scope of Russian tampering, Congress essentially mandated further sanctions--but Trump refused. Never mind? https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/30/16949878/trump-russia-sanction-list-oligarch-congress
From that article:
Quote: | The legislation almost unanimously passed both chambers, and it was clear that Congress would override a presidential veto. It was explicitly designed to make old sanctions against Russia permanent and pressure Trump to impose new ones. The bill forced Trump to impose costs on Putin for interfering in America’s democratic process and his interventions in Ukraine and Syria.
But Trump resented Congress’s move to box him in on Russia policy. The president slammed the legislation in a written signing statement, calling it “seriously flawed,” and said that he could “make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Sean Kane, a former sanctions official at the Treasury Department, told me that most presidential administrations balk at Congress telling them whom and what to sanction — that’s power the White House likes to wield.
So Trump missed Monday’s deadline to impose the new sanctions. But the administration did do something else it was required to do: It released a list of 210 Russian leaders and billionaires with purported ties to Putin in order to indicate that the administration was watching them.
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I could follow up with the Constitutional provisions that establish a role for Congress in foreign policy--but this would not be the only part of the Constitution about which Trump is unaware. |
Passed by nearly 100% in both house and then signed by President. Trump passes a bill that limits his power?
Meanwhile we killed some 200 Russians in Syria last week. |
Mat-ty is still clueless |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17750 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:35 am Post subject: |
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The Russians have dirt on the whole crime family. And none of them can get a security clearance. I’d like to see those FBI files. |
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jp5
Joined: 19 May 1998 Posts: 3394 Location: OnUr6
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Since when is it treason to do business with the Russians? Are we at war with them? And how about that bitch you libtards voted for who approved the sale of Uranium to the Russians? Under your line of thinking shouldn't something be done about that? |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17750 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:38 am Post subject: |
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jpbassman wrote: | Since when is it treason to do business with the Russians? Are we at war with them? And how about that bitch you libtards voted for who approved the sale of Uranium to the Russians? Under your line of thinking shouldn't something be done about that? |
You seem to be getting even more senile. There is no crime associated with doing business with Russians. Conspiring with the Russian government’s representatives to throw an election is a different matter. It is a crime to take material benefit from foreign nationals for campaigns. Conspiring to do so with promises to relax sanctions is treason.
You might not come off as quite so stupid if you actually did a little research. It is not a crime to buy and sell uranium; there is a market for raw materials. It was the NRC, not the Department of State that ok’d the sale. State was only one of many votes in a unanimous decision. And so forth.
You brainwash yourself—and then double down with misogyny. No wonder you are a fan boy.
https://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/ |
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boggsman1
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9122 Location: at a computer
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:16 am Post subject: |
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jpbassman wrote: | Since when is it treason to do business with the Russians? Are we at war with them? And how about that bitch you libtards voted for who approved the sale of Uranium to the Russians? Under your line of thinking shouldn't something be done about that? |
JP...my friend, please do just a little bit of homework. |
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coboardhead
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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jpbassman wrote: | Since when is it treason to do business with the Russians? Are we at war with them? And how about that bitch you libtards voted for who approved the sale of Uranium to the Russians? Under your line of thinking shouldn't something be done about that? |
Really? "Bitch"? Pretty much that negates your argument. |
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real-human
Joined: 02 Jul 2011 Posts: 14892 Location: on earth
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:05 am Post subject: |
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/19/1789374/-John-Brennan-Again-Charges-Trump-With-Treason-on-Meet-The-Press
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‘In an interview on "Meet the Press" Sunday, the former director of the CIA refused to back down from accusations of treason made against President Donald Trump.
John Brennan told NBC anchor Chuck Todd that "these are abnormal times" and suggested it was his duty to speak out. A rather outspoken critic of the president, Brennan saw his security clearance revoked this week because of his public recriminations against the Trump administration.
Todd asked Brennan if he regretted any of his verbal attacks on Trump.
“Well I called his behavior treasonous, which is to betray one’s trust, and to aid and abet the enemy, and I stand very much by that claim,” Brennan answered.” |
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