l'Affaire Wen Ho Lee

[John Halle]

> >
> 
> That's pretty tough.
> 
> Imagine Dreyfus, instead of Lee. Was 10 years on Devil's Island
> appropriate for being a cadre in the armed might of a capitalist,
> bourgeois state?
> 
> If not, maybe 9 months, until J'accuse! is published?
> 
> Or, considering that Dr. Lee was employed to develop not just
> weapons, but nuclear weapons, far worse than just being a captain
> in the French army, perhaps 10 years on Devil's Island should be
> right instead of 9 months in solitary confinement?
> 
> Just what is the appropriate punishment, someplace between 9
> months and 10 years?
> 
> Somehow, it seems to me that a serious wrong was done to Dr. Lee,
> and I don't see much good in that.
> 

Agreed.  But on the other hand, consider

1) The US is a terrorist state.
2) Supplying a terrorist state with arms should be considered a crime.
3) Crimes should be punished.

Which part of this do you disagree with?

John