Libby May be on Trial for Perjury, But Bush and Cheney Should be on Trial for Treason

[kpete]

Libby May be on Trial for Perjury, But Bush and Cheney Should be on Trial for Treason
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sun, 01/28/2007
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

We all know that the Libby trial is legally about perjury, even though the damage done to the United States by the executive branch of our government was much more than a legal violation; it was an impeachable offense.

At the same time that Bush and Cheney were selling America a war on the basis of Iraq allegedly having Weapons of Mass Destruction, they had not the least bit of compunction about rendering inoperative a CIA employee who specialized in tracking the illicit transfer of WMDs that existed in reality -- not just in the propaganda playbook of the Neo-Con dead enders.

It wasn't just a legal issue that evolved into a perjury charge; it was treason.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. To me, trial for treason makes more sense than impeachment.

1. Gets to the heart of the matter.
2. Civil and criminal liabilities upon conviction.
3. Congress can do its duties without being sidelined with impeachment.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. And maybe that's what we're leading up to

[kenny blankenship]

4. Treason is one of the grounds for impeachment of executive branch office holders

Impeachment by the House would be necessary to set up a trial for treason, or other charge, by the Senate. Impeachment is not the removal, nor even the trial. If a sitting President were to ever be tried for treason, the Senate is the only Constitutional venue for the trial, and impeachment in the House of Representatives would be the Constitutionally required first step of the process.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Aw geez, I hadn't considered impeachment as a prerequisite to

treason. You've persuaded me to return to pessimism.

[kenny blankenship]

7. Don't be pessimistic. I'm just telling you what you should've learned in 5th grade civics

[no_hypocrisy]

8. My public school education was reprehensible when it came to

teaching civics. But ignorance is no defense.

[kenny blankenship]

9. Sorry, I mistook the tone of your reply

[Vyan]

2. Yep

I said the exact same thing here and on Dkos.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. Doing something

that hurts the country isn't treason.

We should stop throwing that word around - it has a very precise meaning, and it isn't "doing something bad".