Sen. Nelson: More than just Syria's stooge

Roger over at XDA has an interesting slant on Florida senator Bill Nelson's off-the-reservation visit to Syria. It seems there's a law against that kind of thing.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

And Roger's an attorney, so I assume he knows of what he speaks.