Thread: Look Ma, I'm a licensed terrorist!

Originally Posted by MrShrike

If they can't get you for conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, they get you for being part of an unlicensed subversive organisation and throw you in prison for 10 years.

It's not much different from the "You promise not to be a member of and/or affiliated with Communist organizations" of the 1940's and 50's.

One American decided to take a stand (of sorts) over that. He served in the US Army and went over to East Berlin and today supports the reestablishment of East Germany.

See: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009...man101109.html

Victor Grossman, originally Stephen Wechsler was a former US Army serviceman who facing court martial for participation in Communist groups while at Harvard University in the US, defected by way of swimming across the Danube into Austria from his army post in Germany.

There was an American who went north of the DMZ in Korea too.

Edit: His name's Joe Dresnok. He's still around.