Posts about California Crash and Burn as of August 29, 2009

The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony , punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years. The text of the Act is broad and is addressed at any attempt of a US citizen to conduct foreign relations without authority. In the Early 1980’s President Ronald Reagan was Isolating the Soviet Union, while rearming the US at a pace that the USSR could not keep up with.