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.