RUNNING FROM LOGAN
WITH NO FARRAH FAWCETT THIS TIME AROUND
BY LISA RICHARDS
November 27, 2007
“Any citizen of the United States, wherever
he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence
or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct
of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United
States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three
years, or both.”
The Logan Act 18 U.S.C.A. § 953 Private correspondence with foreign governments, 1799
In 1798, U.S.
citizen Dr. George Logan, a Pennsylvania Quaker, took it upon himself to persuade France into good relations with the United
States after France jailed U.S. seaman. Logan assumed he could soften animosity between France and the U.S. and
prevent war with letters written by Thomas Jefferson. Logan had no legal authorization by President John Adams, therefore
the act was a direct disregard for the authority of the Executive Office.
In 1799, President
Adams passed the Logan Act with congressional approval. Under the Logan Act it is a federal felony for any U.S. citizen
to attempt diplomacy or influence with foreign governments and their leaders without full consent and written and signed
authority granted by the Executive Branch of the United States government.
President Adams
called Logan’s attempt at diplomacy “a weak, silly project,” and a “usurpation of the Executive
authority.” (Address to the Senate. J.D. Richardson, ed., A Compilation of the messeges and Papers of the Presidents,
(Washington, 1899), I, 277; the other quote is from the debates in the House of Representatives, Annels of Congress, 5th
Congress, 3rd Session, 3532, 2493).
Under the 1799 law passed one year after the Alien and Sedition Acts
authorizing arrests and deportation of aliens, the Logan Act became a federal statute, stating it is a crime for U.S. citizens
to conduct talks with foreign governments. The Act was written to prevent know-it-all Americans from
interferring with government business citizens could destabilize.
No citizen, not even a member of
the U.S. government, can endeavor to influence or collaberate with foreign governments unless the President of the United
States has given authoritative sanction.
According to the United States Supreme Court, only the President of the United
States has such power and authority to act as spokesman for the U.S. All others, including government leaders, must retain
approval.
According to the Logan Act, to disregard such authority is a dangerous threat
to the United States, placing citizens in jeapardy. The Act strictly states no U.S. citizen has the right to correspond
with foreign governments without approval of the President of the United states. No citizen can take on disputes unless
they are lawfully sanctioned government officials acting on the authority of the President of the United States.
The Logan Act
stands as law to this day but is continuously violated without punishment, except for one case in 1803 when a Kentucky newspaper
called for the citizens to make a separate Western United States under France.
In 1948, the
Logan Act resurfaced when Congressman J. Parnell Thomas demanded immediate prosecution of Henry Wallace for breaking
the 1799 Logan Act Law. According to author Frederick B. Tolles of The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser.,
Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1950), pp. 3-25 column titled Unofficial Ambassador: George Logan’s Mission to France, 1798, Tolles
stated: “Was not Wallace, in speeches made while traveling abroad, critisizing American policy toward Russia? And was
not this critisism by a private citizen, asked Representative Thomas, influencing a diplomatic dispute
in such a way as (in the words of the Act itself) ‘to defeat the measures’ of the United States?” (The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1950), pp. 3-25).
Congressman Thomas stated the “Logan Act covered Wallace like a cloak.” (Tolles, p. 3).
Today Americans
defiantly violate the Logan Act: Jane Fonda broke the Logan Act law by visiting the North Vietnamese, posing for photos on
an enemy tank, disparaging U.S. soldiers to the enemy, describing the U.S. in the most vile of terms, handing over scraps
of paper with names secretly written by U.S. P.O.W.’s, (who trusted the American Fonda to help rescue them), to the
enemy who tortured and killed the U.S. soldiers Fonda hated.
John Kerry violated
the act when he visited North Vietnamese enemies in Paris prior to Jane Fonda’s illegal Vietnam visit. U.S. soldiers
like John McCain were being tortured in P.O.W. camps at the time of Kerry’s secret enemy meetings.
Kerry
and Fonda have never been punished; McCain suffered unspeakable torture and nearly died.
George McGovern
violated the act when he made an unauthorized trip to the enemy Communist Cuba.
In
2005, Kerry met with Middle East leaders without authorization from the president. Kerry’s entire tour was to
denigrate President Bush and the Bush administration as war mongers. Upon return the law-breaking Senator told Condoleezza
Rice at her confirmation hearing: “Every Arab leader I asked, do you want Iraq to fail, says no. Do you think you will
be served if there’s a civil war? They say no. Do you believe failure is a threat to the region and to the stability
of the world? [They said] yes…each of them [Europe and the Middle East nations] feel that they have offered more assistance
[to the U.S.]…and yet they feel rebuffed.”
The unauthorized visit was a liberal one-sided view by an anti-American
psuedo-Frenchman who would never have protected us on 9/11. He would however have offered bin Laden peace talks with
Champagne and Brie cheese.
The list of traitors goes on:
Speaker of the
House Jim Wright met with Nicaruagan Sadinistas without President Reagan’s permission.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi broke the law in spring of 2007 when she
flew to Syria to meet with Bashir Assad after Condoleezza Rice strictly forbid the trip.
Pelosi’s
trip was critisized by the New York Post: “More than two centuries ago, Congress passed the Logan Act, which forbids
private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. As an elected official, Pelosi isn’t restrained by
the law…but…negotiating with world leaders, particularly those at odds with the United States, should be left
to the president.”
The Wall Street Journal trounced Pelosi, saying she “…may well have
committed a felony in traveling to Damascus against the wishes of the president.” The Washington Post called the trip
illegal. USA Today said Pelosi “violated a long-held understanding.”
No punishment
was doled out. Can one imagine what would happen if Tom Tancredo went to Mexico without approval by the president and
demanded Mexico stop invading the U.S. with its people and military? Tancredo would be in prisoned for life—in
Mexico.
Jesse Jackson
violated the Logan Act by visiting Fidel Castro and taking Castro’s side against America. Jackson pays homage
to Hugo Chaves with visits to Venezuala, letting the brutal dictator know he supports whatever Chaves wants to do to the U.S.
Ramsey Clark made an unauthorized trip to Iran.
The Dixie Chicks told a London audience they were “ashamed to be from Texas
because of President Bush.” The defimation was a direct assault on all Americans and a cudos for the enemy.
Hollywood actors continuosly visit Europe, telling Europeans the United States is an evil empirialistic empire trying
to colonize the Middle East.
Then there is Michael Moore’s medical boat trip into Cuban waters for his
mocumental mocumentary, a violation of the Act that went unpunished. He received an award for his treason.
Every
Hollywood actor who visits Cuba and Venezuala has broken the Logan Act law. Under the 1948 revision, any American breaking
the Act must face three years in prison with a $5,000 fine. (Detlav F. Vagts, The Logan Act: Paper Tiger of Sleeping Giant?”
The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 60, No. 2. (April., 1966), pp. 268-302).
Jimmy
Carter violated the Logan Act more times than a Kennedy violates drinking and driving. He has persistently visited
Fidel Castro, praising the bruatal dictator for the way he runs Cuba while denouncing America as horrible. Jimmy Carter
praises Mahmoud Ahmadinedjad, a man he treats with kid gloves, as the most wonderful man since Jesus stood atop a mountain
and declared “Blessed are the merciful.” Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung IL are great men with ideal nations
America should be like according to Carter, who castigates America as a dictatorship violating international law and conducting
illegal wars.
Under the Logan Act law of penalty Jimmy Carter should be serving a life sentence
for his many violations.
Not one of these Benedict Arnold’s need fear retribution for treasonous
acts against the United States. To break the Logan Act is the greatest of liberal acts and praised with highest regards
of socialist gratitude. Why; according to Professor of Law at Harvard University Detlev F. Vagts, there are “unauthorized
judicial interpretations” of the Logan Act that are “non-existent,” making criminal enforcement also non-existent.”
(Detlav, 268-269).
Do the crime; never do time in the case of treason.
The Act still
stands but the Supreme Court refuses to do squat to enforce this particular law of the land. They will however be glad
to steal your home and land out from under you, breaking Constitutional Law by falsely misusing Eminent Domain. Imprisoning
traitors who place America in jeapardy is unjust, improper, and entiely unfair; making Americans homeless for the building
of fabulous hotels and spas is of essential neccessity.
It’s time to make Logan stop running; he’s not out-lived his
use.
Lisa Richards
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