FBI TAKES DOWN JIHADISTS IN NORTH CAROLINA

The good news: Seven would-be Jihadists in North Carolina allegedly preparing to wage Jihad overseas were busted by the FBI. Six of them are American citizens.

The bad news: It doesn't appear that charges of treason will be levied against the six who are citizens:

The seven men arrested—including a father and his two sons—were charged with providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure people overseas.

Forgive my cynicism but haven't we learned from our experiences in how to handle terrorists.

Here's the FULL REPORT.

Since they don't wear uniforms, they're not POW's. Instead, they're enemy combatants that are supposed to be WORSE than POW's. However, enemy combatants are being treated better than POW's because there's no clearly established way of dealing with them. It has caused political fits for America.

Taking that one step further, let's take a look at domestic terrorists. Islamic terrorists seek to become citizens of the United States because they seek protections afforded by our Constitution (including the right to vote) while terrorists in this country who are not citizens don't receive such rights and protections.

Until we decide that domestic enemies of this country who are also U.S. citizens should be charged with treason, Jihadists will continue to see citizenship as another layer of protection instead of seeing it as a poison pill.

Bringing back Treason and narrowing the focus on citizens of the United States who are engaging violent Islamic Jihad would ultimately serve two purposes.

1.) A clear way of dealing with Jihadists who've become U.S. citizens in order to get Constitutional protections.
2.) A deterrent to violent Jihadist foreign nationals becoming citizens

ARTICLE III, SEC. 3 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
h/t to Free Republic