[aristeides]

Courts have held, for example, that the U.S. needs to be at war with the enemy in question before a person can be guilty of treason, in the legal sense. I'm a lawyer, and I repeat, it seems perfectly possible to me for someone to give aid and comfort to an enemy of the U.S. in a situation where a court will not find that the person is guilty of treason. For example, the U.S. may not happen to be in a state of war with that enemy.

[hchutch]

Look, the fact is that Gaffney has not produced proof of his allegations. In essence, he has apparently SLANDERED a pair of White House aides.

Slander is NOT acceptable conduct - whether from the left OR from people on the right. Gaffney needs to produce proof or apologize.

[Poohbah]

Courts have held, for example, that the U.S. needs to be at war with the enemy in question before a person can be guilty of treason, in the legal sense. I'm a lawyer, and I repeat, it seems perfectly possible to me for someone to give aid and comfort to an enemy of the U.S. in a situation where a court will not find that the person is guilty of treason. For example, the U.S. may not happen to be in a state of war with that enemy.

Several Communists were charged with treason in 1949 and convicted in 1950, when there was no shooting war going on. The Rosenbergs were convicted of treason in passing atomic bomb secrets to the USSR during World War II, when we were actually ALLIED with the USSR at the time of the deed.