If someone commits treason in a forest, is it still treason?

ProSense

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Mon Oct-22-07 04:47 PM
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If someone commits treason in a forest, is it still treason?

"They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors."

(Link: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/1999/bush_speech_042699.html)

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Cheney seeks immunity in Plame lawsuit. Attorneys for Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby said �told a federal judge today they cannot be held liable for anything they disclosed to reporters about covert CIA officer Valerie Plame or her husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.� Cheney�s attorney argued that the vice president is �legally akin to the president because of his unique government role, and has absolute immunity from any lawsuit.�

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Hydra

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Mon Oct-22-07 04:51 PM
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1. The myth of the "Executive branch being above the law"

Since Cheney tells the President what to do, and since the President is above the law, than so is he...

:puke:

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ProSense

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Mon Oct-22-07 05:35 PM
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2. Bush unapologetic over CIA leak

Edited on Mon Oct-22-07 05:35 PM by ProSense

Bush unapologetic over CIA leak

Poppy must be proud!

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ljm2002

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Mon Oct-22-07 05:41 PM
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3. So, the VP has "absolute immunity from any lawsuit"...

...too bad Clinton didn't think of that in the Paula Jones case. Hmmm, I seem to remember a ruling 'way back then, let me see now... Oh, yes, it was this: the President has no intrinsic immunity from civil lawsuits, and anyway, the one in question was unlikely to interfere with his Presidential duties.

Isn't there a precedent in there somewhere? Oh right, I keep forgetting: precedents only matter when they can be used by Republicans.

Why more people are not outraged at this and other machinations by the rich and powerful, is a source of utter amazement to me.

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sicksicksick_N_tired

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Mon Oct-22-07 05:43 PM
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4. It's only treason WHEN the criminals-in-charge say it is. That's how it works.

:shrug:

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ProSense

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Mon Oct-22-07 06:33 PM
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5. Treason

Section 3. Treason

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