Word: treasonable
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...opposing the war before it had started, it was at the very least a dangerous career move. (As their media adviser says of Bush in early April 2003, "He?s got a very high approval rating. The war couldn?t be going better.") The comment surely sounded like treason to many of her country music fans. In Shut Up & Sing we see a protester outside one of their concerts shouting, "Be proud of your country. Be ashamed of the Dixie Chicks." Another said of Natalie: "They should send her over to Iraq, strap her to a bomb and drop...
...trust the government more than the media these days. What might keep journalists from getting too full of themselves? Perhaps the sight of a few leakers, reporters and editors defending themselves against formal charges of treason would do the trick. Gary L. Parry Carrollton, Texas...
SENTENCED. Sergei Skripal, 55, former Russian military intelligence colonel, to 13 years in prison for high treason; by the Moscow District Military Court in a closed-door trial; in Moscow. While on a mission in Britain in 1995, Skripal was recruited as an agent by MI6, the overseas arm of British intelligence, to reveal the identities of several dozen Russian secret agents stationed in Europe. He retired in 1999, but used his intelligence connections to keep working for the British, earning an estimated $100,000 before his arrest in December 2004. CHARGED. Nikolai Zavadsky, 54, husband of the late Larisa...
...clearer conception of what the public needs. Clay Boswell New York City I trust the government more than I trust the media these days. What might keep journalists from getting too full of themselves? The sight of a few leakers, reporters and editors defending themselves against formal charges of treason might do the trick. Gary L. Parry Carrollton, Texas, U.S. Stengel's "No one gets a blank check" is the finest essay I have read for some time. It's a pity he couldn't station himself in Australia for a while to judge some of our pillars of society...
...trust the government more than I trust the media these days. What might keep journalists from getting too full of themselves? The sight of a few leakers, reporters and editors defending themselves against formal charges of treason might do the trick...