Comment by ImPostingOnHN
3 days ago
> We mean people who at that time qualify as agents under laws like the Foreign Agents Registration Act
According to who?
If that's according to the current us administration, then "qualifies as an agent" means "disagrees with the administration".
I empathize with your concern, but as bad as things are we shouldn't assume infinite malice from all federal entities in all circumstances. Not out of kindness or charity, but because it would be a maladaptive strategy for handling problems.
If they try charging Joe-Shmoe under FARA, there's still some chance of loss in federal courts.
No need to assume infinite malice, but given the track record, it would be naïve to assume anything other than a default of malice unless proven otherwise
The evidence in front of us (the malicious words of the person in question) strongly favors malice anyways.