Usual "forbidden items" explanation

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 11:22 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:

> You are free to tell a thief where your neighbor hides their spare
> key...but you may be charged as an accessory to a crime.  It is pretty
> much the same thing for the fedora folks.  The US courts don't make a
> distinction if an American aids someone in a foreign country to commit a
> crime.

There's a lady incarcerated in Detroit whose abusive boyfriend
threatened to kill her if she said anything about the murders he just
committed. Half his size, and frightened out of her wits watching this
monster in action, she said nothing. Now she's doing a double life
sentence. Aiding and abetting, in this country, is the same as doing the
crime. Ric