Treason is a very specific crime defined in our Constitution, Article III, Section 3:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court." This is a very broadly worded offense, but it is hardly ever invoked. If the American Taliban isn't going to be charged with treason, the Karl Rove certainly isn't. >Mr. Rove is simply guilty of treason. He allowed his political >desires to get ahead of US security which shows either poor or >arrogant judgement. In either case, he should do the honorable thing >and resign. > >Ideally he'd be convicted of treason, but that'll be hard to prove as >the prosecution will have to show: > >1.) Rove must have been authorized to see classified information, >2.) He must have known Ms. Plame was undercover, and, >3.) He must have known that the CIA was taking "affirmative measures" >to conceal her identity. > >As to the "affirmative measures" the CIA was certainly protecting Ms. >Plame's identity. The CIA has since prevented Ms. Plame from >commenting on incident saying that it could damage their work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164654 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
