[Jakarta ex-pat]

"This was a simple act of treason."

I beg to differ.

He may have been an American by birth.

But there the resemblance ends.

To be treasonous, you must first owe allegiance to your country of heritage.

His heritage is abhorrent to the idealism of America, hence he can't be called treasonous.

[Night Hides Not]

To be treasonous, you must first owe allegiance to your country of heritage.

Screw that...he violated his oath to the Constitution. Nothing more treasonous than that.