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As of the time I'm writing this, the article contains the text "... made it illegal for a United States citizen to wage ..." William Lyon Mackenzie was prosecuted under this act. I've requested clarification on whether he possessed U.S.A. citizenship or not. If he was NOT a U.S. citizen but was prosecuted under this Act anyway, some clarification is needed either in this Article or in the Mackenzie Article. (Should it turn out that Mackenzie was not a U.S. citizen, I allow that the prosecution of Mackenzie was illegal under this Act but happened anyway because the U.S.A. did NOT want to hand him over to the Canadian (i.e. British) authorities for hanging as a traitor, but also DID want to curtail (via incarcerating him) his ability to organize (from his residences in New York) a rebellion. It may well be that THIS Article is correct, and that clarification is needed in the Mackenzie article to explain either (a) that he WAS a U.S. citizen or (b) how, if the Act by its own terms does not apply to foreigners (for surely an Ambassador (while aiding, from U.S. soil, his home country in its pursuit of a war in which the U.S.A. is neutral) would not be intended by the drafters of this Act to be liable to prosecution), Mackenzie was nonetheless prosecuted under this Act.2600:1700:6759:B000:E894:BFCC:705D:880 (talk) 20:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson[reply]
