"THE LAST AMERICAN CITIZEN CONVICTED OF TREASON WAS ADAM YAHIYA GADAHN, WHO WAS INDICTED IN 2006 BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR THE CAPITAL CRIME OF TREASON FOR AIDING AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES (AL-QAEDA). PROSECUTORS IN THAT CASE ARGUED THAT GADAHN “CHOSE TO JOIN OUR ENEMY AND TO PROVIDE IT WITH AID AND COMFORT BY ACTING AS A PROPAGANDIST FOR AL QAEDA… TERRORISTS CREATE FEAR AND INTIMIDATION THROUGH EXTREME VIOLENCE. THEY WANT AMERICANS TO LIVE AND WALK IN FEAR. THEY WANT TO DEMORALIZE US. THAT’S WHY PROPAGANDA IS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND WHY FACILITATING THAT PROPAGANDA IS SUCH AN EGREGIOUS CRIME."
