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George Clooney has a satellite he uses to keep track of a warlord. Individuals have capabilities which were previously accessible only to nations. I wonder if it is possible that an individual might intervene in North Korea, instead of a nation... but the parallels of a individual intervening in another nation's affairs sound a lot like terrorism. Some more thinking to do here...


That's actually an interesting project. Here's a link for the lazy: http://www.satsentinel.org/our-story/george-clooney

He doesn't have his own satellite, obviously, but buys satellite imagery to document war crimes and to warn against incursions.


The Logan Act[1] might be a place to start, though it's more often used as a theatrical threat, in the same way that people accuse each other of treason whenever they disagree.

[1]http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953




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