Is treason now acceptable?

You —

Am I the only one who finds treason unnacceptable?


I am talking about (Whitehouse chief of Staff to Dick Cheney) Lewis Libby.


He committed what I would call treason by revealing the name of a CIA agent.


hpowever he is only being charged with leser crimes (purgery, Obstructing justice, and making false statements to a federal grand jury).


The Prez is also sticking by him.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4386748.stm


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Beast — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 - 06:12

Libby's treason is not yet proven. What is suspected is that he lied. He will now be investigated for this lying and his role in the release of the name of a CIA spy.


But he could not have committed treason without the knowledge of his boss, Dick Cheney.


Obviously Cheney isn't going down for this.


Seraphim — Tue, 1 Nov 2005 - 20:33

[quote="Judda"]whats treason?[/quote]


In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A person who betrays the nation of their citizenship and/or reneges on an oath of loyalty and in some way willfully cooperates with an enemy, is considered to be a traitor.


Muslimbrother1 — Tue, 1 Nov 2005 - 22:01

This might be slightly out of the topic but would treason be halal, if you living in a country which is ruled by a tyrant ,say Egypt and were fighting against the Munafiq president ( mubarak for example).


You — Wed, 2 Nov 2005 - 00:23

no.


You cannot join an enemy to destroy your country.


However if there was a popular uprising, you may take part.