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On 3/29/2024 9:01 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:04:27 -0400, Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/28/24 12:21 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>
>>> As to Jan 6 2021 -- if Trump is/was, in fact, an agent of Putin (as
>>> many of his supporters appear to be, given their eagerness to gift
>>> Putin Ukraine), then it was not an insurrection -- it was treason,
>>> pure and simple.
>>
>> So now opposition to US foreign policy is "treason." I've heard that
>> line too often before. "Love it or leave it."
> 
> No -- but acting as an agent of a foreign power when you have sworn an
> oath to the USA (not just pledged allegiance, sworn an oath as part of
> taking an office, such as, oh, Reprentative or Senator or President,
> among many others) can be, depending on what the foreign power is up
> to and if you allow your allegiance to that power to influence your
> official performance.

Actually, any Federal employee has sworn that oath.  I did both times I 
worked on the decennial Census.  And it is a lifetime oath.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.