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Originally Posted by Adder
Anyone who was smart enough not to put themselves in a compromising position.
First of all, if they're already helping you, why do you need to talk to them?
Second, you have to be smart enough to know that talking to them exposes you, because they can use that fact against you whenever they want (also, you need to be smart enough to know we're monitoring their communications).
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It's not illegal to talk to them. Not in the least.
The line where things become illegal is when you coordinate with them to engage in illegal acts. Talking about the substance and timing of Wikileaks dumps re HRC and the DNC (which are not illegal) is not illegal.
But, yes, the most careful strategy is to communicate only by telecasting through actions and coded public statements how you'd prefer the Russians to assist. That's belt-and-suspenders. However, if you want to talk, as long as you don't talk about doing something illegal together, sharing info on a shared competitor is not illegal. Unsavory, dirty, un-American arguably? Yeah. But not illegal. Otherwise, Trump could've been indicted when he publicly asked Russia to dump HRC's emails.
