Why the wife has not already been arrested is beyond me. She's not very bright either.

NBC news is reporting that she told the FBI she knew her husband was planning an attack but she tried to talk him out of it.

That's all well and good. I'm sure in her mind she didn't think she was committing a crime. But that doesn't matter. Her admitting this means she's not smart. She has no idea that she just incriminated herself. But she did.

It's a crime against the state. Shouldn't she be facing the death penalty? I mean she aided and abetted a terrorist. Cuz NBC also reported that she drove him around casing out locations.

Ok, that's nice, but what makes your opinion or their collective opinion any more or less valuable than mine? Because there's more of you? That's unnerving.

It is a federal crime to know of a terrorist attack and not report it.

(a) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, has committed, or is about to commit, an offense under section 32 (relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities), section 175 (relating to biological weapons), section 229 (relating to chemical weapons), section 831 (relating to nuclear materials), paragraph (2) or (3) of section 844(f) (relating to arson and bombing of government property risking or causing injury or death), section 1366(a) (relating to the destruction of an energy facility), section 2280 (relating to violence against maritime navigation), section 2332a (relating to weapons of mass destruction), or section 2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries) of this title, section 236(a) (relating to sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2284(a)), or section 46502 (relating to aircraft piracy) of title 49, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

That's such a bone-chilling sentiment, I had to look it up.

18 U.S. Code § 2339



That's the only thing I could find about concealing terrorist plots in federal law. I mean, maybe § 2332b's broad definition of "conduct transcending national boundaries" could apply to the wife, and she could be charged under 2339, but Holy Christ it would be scary for the US to actually charge and prosecute a citizen for not reporting the conduct or intentions of someone else in these circumstances.

i think you mean JLN, but JDC probably works too

Oops.

I still can't read his name as not being Julie's Lecture Notes. I think my brain may be broken.

I always thought a spouse could not be made to testify against the other spouse.

My partner shot a guy five times and he survived. The victim filed a civil suit based on the idea that a bunch of us knew what my partner intended to do and had a duty to warn him. It went all the way up the ladder to the Supreme Court. It's a very important case.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/il-supreme-c ... 76035.html

Would have been nice to know that you were involved in an attempted murder.

Thanks,

The "other" Management

That's such a bone-chilling sentiment, I had to look it up.

18 U.S. Code § 2339



That's the only thing I could find about concealing terrorist plots in federal law. I mean, maybe § 2332b's broad definition of "conduct transcending national boundaries" could apply to the wife, and she could be charged under 2339, but Holy Christ it would be scary for the US to actually charge and prosecute a citizen for not reporting the conduct or intentions of someone else in these circumstances.

JDC chooses some of the strangest battles to fight. It's bizarre.

Yes, if you know and are working with someone who is actively plotting a terrorist attack and you do nothing then you deserve to get charged with a crime. It's not a thought crime. A thought crime would be thinking about doing it yourself and then not doing it.

The moment she drove him to scope out a potential target she deserves to get charged.