I didn't say it was cool to sell secrets. In fact I said it was something that made his case a lot worse.
"had he had access to more pertinent info you don't think he would have sold it too?" - you can't be tried and convicted for something you might have done at some future date.
Anyway as an aside, how can a foreign national be tried for treason? Spying, yes.
Harm caused equates to severity of punishment - justice 101.
please don't get me wrong, I am not defending what he did.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
I didn't say it was cool to sell secrets. In fact I said it was something that made his case a lot worse.
"had he had access to more pertinent info you don't think he would have sold it too?" - you can't be tried and convicted for something you might have done at some future date.
Anyway as an aside, how can a foreign national be tried for treason? Spying, yes.
Harm caused equates to severity of punishment - justice 101.
please don't get me wrong, I am not defending what he did.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."