Hawaiian soldier arrested, accused of providing documents/training to ISIS.

[ArcadiaGP]

Hawaiian Soldier Arrested, Accused of Trying to Support ISIS - NBC News

A Hawaiian soldier was arrested and accused of trying to provide military documents and training to ISIS, the Army said in a statement Monday.

The active-duty soldier, identified as Ikaika Kang, 34, of Waipahu, also apparently swore allegiance to ISIS, the statement said. He was taken into custody Saturday by an FBI SWAT team.

 

[HubertGummer]

If it's all true then I suggest a firing squad. That's treason.

 

[Kutnupe14]

When did Hawaii start it's own military?

 

[Kutnupe14]

If it's all true then I suggest a firing squad. That's treason.

Against who, Hawaii?

 

[jbombelli]

When did Hawaii start it's own military?

From the article...

Kang's service record shows that he was an air traffic control operator with the 25th Infantry Division at U.S. Army Pacific Command.

 

[Kutnupe14]

From the article...

Did I really need to use purple JBomb? lol

 

[jbombelli]

Did I really need to use purple JBomb? lol

Lol. I guess so.

 

[MCgrease08]

It will be interesting to see if this was a case of a soldier allegedly reaching and communicating with actual ISIS fighters, or a case of .gov spooks posing as ISIS and building a case by pushing the guy forward to see how far he'd take things. Allegedly.

 

[Ddillard]

Punish to the fullest and extreme allowed. If guilty, he has given up rights as a citizen and has therefore no rights of protection. ~~"One Man's Opinion!"

 

[Kutnupe14]

Punish to the fullest and extreme allowed. If guilty, he has given up rights as a citizen and has therefore no rights of protection. ~~"One Man's Opinion!"

C'mon DDillard, there tons of issue with that belief, and why you should find it distasteful.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

It will be interesting to see if this was a case of a soldier allegedly reaching and communicating with actual ISIS fighters, or a case of .gov spooks posing as ISIS and building a case by pushing the guy forward to see how far he'd take things. Allegedly.

If he thought it was ISIS, that's enough for me. You don't just decide on a whim to provide material support to terrorists. If they did reach out to him, there's probably a reason as I'm sure they don't have the manpower to reach out to random soldiers. That said, I don't care how they elected to contact him once he decided to go along with it instead of report it. Soldiers are supposed to report any attempt to get intel from them to counter-intel as soon as possible, unless things have radically changed.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I don't see this being less than treason. This guy was a Senior NCO? The hammer will drop hard on this one, as it should if this is true.

 

[Vigilant]

I don't see this being less than treason. This guy was a Senior NCO? The hammer will drop hard on this one, as it should if this is true.

The article I read said he was an Army Sergeant, hardly a senior NCO, but a traitor nonetheless!

 

[Sylvain]

Maybe he just wanted a free sex change.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

If it's all true then I suggest a firing squad. That's treason.

When's the last time this was done?

I can't see it ever being done, ever... people are too touchy over that kind of thing. There's no way modern society would allow Death due to Treason.

 

[halfmileharry]

Do you know how much rent is in HI??
I looked at a small house in Kihei Maui in 2010. Asking price was $335 and that shack should have been condemned.
The traitor did it for the bucks I'm thinking. IF it's all true that is....

 

[Fargo]

When's the last time this was done?

I can't see it ever being done, ever... people are too touchy over that kind of thing. There's no way modern society would allow Death due to Treason.

Mmmm, if memory serves, never.

Distrust of treason prosecutions was not just a transient mood of the Revolutionists. In the century and a half of our national existence not one execution on a federal treason conviction has taken place. Never before has this Court had occasion to review a conviction.

Cramer v. United States, 325 U.S. 1 (1945)

 

[Fargo]

It appears a fellow named Mumford was executed by the Union Army for treason for tearing down a flag but under circumstances of very dubious legality and without a criminal trial.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Mmmm, if memory serves, never.



Cramer v. United States, 325 U.S. 1 (1945)

There's a first time for everything...

 

[Rookie]

Wonder why FBI arrested him? I would think the military would have...