GOVERNMENT SECRET MEETINGS ILLEGAL...

Bilderberg Meeting is Illegal


Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
May 31, 2012


On June 6, 2008, we reported on Obama and Hillary secretly attending the Bilderberg meeting held at the Marriott Hotel in Chantilly, Virginia.


Henry Kissinger has racked up dozens of felony offenses over the years.


The rendezvous was kept secret for a good reason – Obama and Hillary had committed a felony.


It is illegal for “unauthorized citizens” to negotiate with foreign governments under the Logan Act, a law passed under the John Adams administration in 1799.


The Logan Act reads as follows:


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.


If you look at the official Bilderberg participant list (the Bilderbergers now post it on their “official” website), you will see a large number of U.S. citizens, including Massachusetts senator John Kerry, the governor of Indiana, a National Security adviser, and a large number of bankers, business CEOs, and assorted others.


All of them are in violation of the law and should be arrested immediately.


But then nobody has ever been convicted or arrested under the law. The only known indictment under the Logan Act was one that occurred in 1803 when a grand jury indicted Francis Flournoy, a Kentucky farmer, who published an article in the Frankfort Guardian of Freedom. Flournoy had advocated a separate nation in the western part of the United States allied with France.


And then there was the case of John D. Martin, a prisoner of war in North Korea, who was court-martialed for collaborating with North Korea and conducting “re-education” classes. The case was dismissed. In 1967, the government wanted to use the act against Stokely Carmichael for a visit he made to Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Carmichael was never charged.


Of course, when it comes to the titans of industry, banksters and globalists, the act is irrelevant – these folks operate on their own legal and moral plateau. Considering their other crimes – war, mass murder, the theft of trillions and other assorted monumental scams and felonies – violating the Logan Act pales in comparison.


It would be nice, though, if one or two of the cops now surrounding the Marriott in Chantilly marched into the meeting and arrested a few of the traitors, beginning with David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger.


The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute       making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against       the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens       from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without       authorization.


Congress established the Logan Act in 1799, less than one year after       passage of the Alien       and Sedition Acts, which authorized the arrest and deportation       of Aliens and       prohibited written communication defamatory to the U.S. government. The       1799 act was named after Dr. George Logan. A prominent Republican and       Quaker from Pennsylvania, Logan did not draft or introduce the legislation       that bears his name, but was involved in the political climate that       precipitated it.


In the late 1790s, a French trade embargo and jailing of U.S. seamen       created animosity and unstable conditions between the United States and       France. Logan sailed to France in the hope of presenting options to its       government to improve relations with the United States and quell the       growing anti-French sentiment in the United States. France responded by       lifting the embargo and releasing the captives. Logan's return to the       United States was marked by Republican praise and Federalist scorn. To       prevent U.S. citizens from interfering with negotiations between the       United States and foreign governments in the future, the Adams       administration


quickly introduced the bill that would become the Logan Act.


The Logan Act has remained almost unchanged and unused since its       passage. The act is short and reads as follows:


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.


This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply,         himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof         for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such         government or any of its agents or subjects.


The language of the act appears to encompass almost every communication       between a U.S. citizen and a foreign government considered an attempt to       influence negotiations between their two countries. Because the language       is so broad in scope, legal scholars and judges have suggested that the       Logan Act is unconstitutional. Historically, the act has been used more as       a threat to those engaged in various political activities than as a weapon       for prosecution. In fact, Logan Act violations have been discussed in       almost every administration without any serious attempt at enforcement,       and to date there have been no convictions and only one recorded       indictment.


One example of the act's use as a threat of prosecution involved the       Reverend jesse jackson.       In 1984 Jackson took well-publicized trips to Cuba and Nicaragua and       returned with several Cuban political prisoners seeking Asylum in       the United States. President ronald reaganstated that Jackson's       activities may have violated the law, but Jackson was not pursued beyond a       threat.


The only Logan Act indictment occurred in 1803. It involved a Kentucky       newspaper article that argued for the formation in the western United       States of a separate nation allied to France. No prosecution followed.


Further readings


Kearney, Kevin M. 1987. "Private Citizens in Foreign Affairs: A       Constitutional Analysis." Emory Law Journal 36       (winter).


Roth, Brad R. 1993. "The First Amendment in the Foreign Affairs Realm:       'Domesticating' the Restrictions on Citizen Participation." Temple       Political and Civil Rights Law Review 2 (spring).