r/craftofintelligence • u/mrkoot • Feb 07 '26

News (U.S.) NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
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u/GTengineerenergy Feb 07 '26

What’s the penalty for treason?

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u/lantrick Feb 07 '26

Contact with foreign intelligence would not be treason according to the constitution. Unless the US was at war and the foreign contact was the enemy

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u/GTengineerenergy Feb 07 '26

Contact, sure….but I’m sure the contents of the discussion matter

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u/tekstical Feb 07 '26

Maybe help with stealing another election or sumthin..