Loyalty To Spouse

[Nyboy]

How far should loyalty to a spouse go ? There are laws protecting a spouse from having to testily against their spouse marital privilege law. Omar Mateen's current wife knew that her husband planned to commit a act of terror. She told FBI she went with him to buy ammunition and scope out night club. She might have been afraid of him, she claims she tried to talk him out of it. Do you think she is a traitor and terrorist and should charged as such? Does loyalty to spouse excuse her ?

 

[catjac1975]

Her HS teachers said she was very special needs. Explains a lot. No excuse except perhaps lack of high functioning reasoning skills.

 

[Jared77]

It's a tough thing to prove what she knew.

Take it another step further. She could be in fear for her life. She goes to the police, and tells them everything she knows. Investigation turns up he owns a couple guns and has gone to the club to scope it out. It's not like people have lied about a spouse to the police before.

Now what? If it doesn't pan out now he knows she ratted him out. There isn't a way to keep her safe unless he's arrested and found guilty.

Yes justice is important but I don't think pursuing charges against her is going to help anything. I don't think it would have prevented anything. The shooter was a deranged lone wolf. He doesn't appear to have radicalized so how do you prevent them from harming others?

 

[Nyboy]

I do feel sorry for his son, he will always have his father over his head. I was friends once with someone whose father was a convicted serial killer. Boy did he have problems.

 

[valley ranch]

She and others around him, aided and abetted him in his preparation, contemplation and the carrying out his action, an act of war against the United States, by a sworn enemy, the ISIS. This was not a simple: Not bothering to mention he was going to kill people.
Trying to use this, act of war, as a political tool to further plans to disarm the American People, when done by those living in the safety of America is an act or treason.

 

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[journey11]

Given what his ex-wife said, it's very likely that she was in a domestic violence situation and may have cooperated out of threat to herself and her son. I find it odd that she would have been so forthcoming with that information if she were trying to be devious. I'm sure they'll assess her for mental instabilities.

 

[seedcorn]

Not enough info that I feel is 100% to make decision. Don't think she could have stopped him. Tough place to be especially if she was special needs. Families have to cope with the result of a crazy.

While he might be Isis, I don't think their devious plan to over throw America is to shoot up disco bars.

 

[valley ranch]

The Killing of unarmed people in Paris was not an act to over throw the French government but to terrorize the French People.

This act was an act of terror, an act of war in the manner they have choosen and used for quite some time.

 

[valley ranch]

She knew he wasn't coming back from this heroic act against the infidel, as did his friends and family. Keeping the secret, was a choice. Warning us so he couldn't carry out a mass murder was what they decided to do.
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Just as we kept quiet during wars our people fought

"Loose Lips Sink Ships"

We too didn't warn the enemy.
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Not to worry, she is not in any trouble, she nor his friends, will be charged with a crime, because this is being seen as a lone wolf action like the killing at Fort Hood shooting and others.

This is being touted as "Americans and their guns."
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