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There is this obscure document known as the us constitution that defines treason as Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War agains

There is this obscure document known as the us constitution that defines treason as Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. He is definitely not waging war on the US and is not adhering to any enemy, nor giving them aid and comfort. Or he is aiding enemy so secret that the government even cannot tell you who it is.

pfortuny 13y ago
"Aid" as in intelligence. Any piece of it you give to them can be considered treason. To make public is to yield to the enemy...
- venomsnake 13y ago
  Tell which enemy was aided. And also tell where this entity have been defined as an enemy?
  - pfortuny 13y ago
    (See above, cannot edit). All hinges around the 'war on terror'. I am not defending the Administration (I may have made myself unclear), I am explaining why they are going for him """"lawfully"""" in their words.
- mtgx 13y ago
  No it's not. Laws function by intention, too. He didn't make it public to aid the "enemy" (who is the enemy anyway? the world?). He did it to protect America. I think he also swore an oath to protect America against enemies both domestic and abroad. And he also swore to defend the Constitution - not the president.
  - pfortuny 13y ago
    When the enemy is 'terrorism', anything you make public is giving information to the enemy. That is why the expression is so important and why Obama (and Bush in his time) keeps saying that the US is 'at war'. Because that allows them to subvert the law. Honestly: I am not defending the Administration, on the contrary. I am just explaining why they are going to try to persecute him for treason if (when) they find him.
rayiner 13y ago
Nor is snowden going to be tried for treason.
hudibras 13y ago
Also: 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.

pfortuny 13y ago

"Aid" as in intelligence. Any piece of it you give to them can be considered treason. To make public is to yield to the enemy...

venomsnake 13y ago
Tell which enemy was aided. And also tell where this entity have been defined as an enemy?
- pfortuny 13y ago
  (See above, cannot edit). All hinges around the 'war on terror'. I am not defending the Administration (I may have made myself unclear), I am explaining why they are going for him """"lawfully"""" in their words.
mtgx 13y ago
No it's not. Laws function by intention, too. He didn't make it public to aid the "enemy" (who is the enemy anyway? the world?). He did it to protect America. I think he also swore an oath to protect America against enemies both domestic and abroad. And he also swore to defend the Constitution - not the president.
- pfortuny 13y ago
  When the enemy is 'terrorism', anything you make public is giving information to the enemy. That is why the expression is so important and why Obama (and Bush in his time) keeps saying that the US is 'at war'. Because that allows them to subvert the law. Honestly: I am not defending the Administration, on the contrary. I am just explaining why they are going to try to persecute him for treason if (when) they find him.

rayiner 13y ago

Nor is snowden going to be tried for treason.

hudibras 13y ago

Also: 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.