Traitor to whom? This guy's an Australian so he can't be a traitor to the U.S. Are you saying that if you cover the war from the other side, you're automatically a traitor? Do you have any evidence he's given tactical information to the enemy?
Given his contacts, we might learn something about the enemy from him.
If you are UNDERGROUND with terrorists, yes you are the enemy. Time Magazine is a US publication. They write his checks.
Australia has had troops deployed in Iraq.
We could not bring him up on charges of treason.
What is this "other side" you speak of? Criminal side? There is no "terrorist government" to report on. Only a criminal enterprise. No diplomats. No flag. No signatory to the Geneva Conventions.
If you were caught in the company of criminals engaged in criminal activity, do you think you would be permitted to proclaim "I was just watching" and "I couldn't disclose their whereabouts because then I would betray their trust".
Should Murrow have gone and given us the Nazis view of the war?