Advocate wrote:okie wrote:cicerone imposter wrote:Advocate, You are correct; just because a secret is revealed before, it doesn't make subsequent revelations free of crime.
Valerie Plame was a covert CIA agent, ci. I hereby let everyone know that. I will be waiting here to be arrested for my crime.
By the way, we have finally transported WMD components or materials out of Iraq, the country that had no WMD materials, after all Hussein did not have a program, according to Joe Wilson and obviously would not have wanted to buy yellowcake from Niger, it had to be something else that Niger had that Iraq was interested in. Wilson proved that when he went to Niger and had tea with some officials there, right?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5314609
Okie, you are safe. Her ID was already covered in the media thanks to those treasonous bastards in the White House.
And again you seem to want to use the word "treason" anyway you see fit.
It is not a catchall term, it has a specific legal definition.
As a matter of fact, its the ONLY crime defined in the Constitution.
You need to familiarize yourself with the Condtitutional definition, then you will see that nothing in the whole Plame mes fit the legal definition of treason.
So, to aid in your education, I refer you to article 3, section 3 of the Constitution...
Quote:Section 3 - Treason Note
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.
The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A2Sec2
So, someone revealed her name, on that we agree.
Was it a crime?
Not according to the special prosecutor tasked to investigate.
Was it treason??
According to the Constitution...absolutely NOT!!!