Treason: Aiming Too Low?

"Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States." —18 United States Constitution

The Justice Department's announcement that it has obtained an indictment for treason against Adam Gadahn ups the ante on the legal front of the war against terror. The move is a long overdue warning for any frivolous American youths who are tempted to join the war against their country. Treason is not child's play. It's a deadly serious matter for the country, the traitor's fellow citizens, and, now, for the traitor himself...., Times of Treason, NY Sun Editorial, 10/13/2006

Let's look at that Constitutional provision again: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason." Pretty blunt and, as the NY Sun editorial makes clear, treason was carefully considered by the authors of the Constitution, the basis of all law in the United States. One wonders how much of this concept that leaders of the Democrat party are aware of, or the editors of The NY Times. One also wonders why the Department of Justice is aiming so low in its first effort to prosecute a traitor. It's a lot shorter walk to court from Capitol Hill than it is from California, and not much further by train from New York.

Luther