John Walker, the Navy spy who defined crypto-betrayal, dead at 77

Opinion: If you want to call anyone a traitor, measure them against John Walker first.

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[yesteray]

therealeffingaeiouy[/url]":2fy2st6r]
Manning and Snowden are absolute traitors who committed treason.

The US Constitution defines treason: "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."

Manning was not tried for treason, and obviously not convicted of treason, so I dispute your opinion that Manning is a traitor.

I would further dispute your opinion that Snowden is guilty of any act that the Constitution would define as treason. Perhaps he is guilty of what me might call ill-informed-by-talk-radio-treason. So instead of an "absolute traitor" he is ill-informed-by-talk-radio-traitor.

 

[yesteray]

therealeffingaeiouy[/url]":xfp9mdih]

90% of the "revelations" by snowden aren't revealing to educated people and encompass things these government agencies should be doing. Yes, the issues of spying and collecting data on US citizens was uncovered and that is great. That is absolutely wrong and should not be happening. However people get up in arms when a profiteering newspaper leaks another snowden document that we spy on other countries (by the way that is the real treasonous part).

I cannot recall any Snowden document that relates to the US spying on a US enemy which is required for his actions to be remotely treasonous.