Your logic and your definitions are inaccurate, Larry > * Treason: disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. > Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the > well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of > giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government.
According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treason "the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family" No where in that definition (or in yours, actually) does it say anything about deceiving the citizens of the nation. Treason deals specifically with the act of trying to subvert one's government... and while the people elect the government, the people are not the government proper. The Presidential oath of office reads: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Congressional members swear a different oath, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God." So whether you agree with their actions, their reasons/motivations or even the outcomes, they did not commit treason. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265751 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
