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In reply to the discussion: We've moved into a new category...Treason [View all]TomSlick
(11,013 posts)I long ago swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Before that, I studied the Constitution, and constitutional law and took the attorney's oath to support the Constitution.
Here is what the Constitution says:
Article III, Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Russian military engaged in a cyber attack on the United States. The paradigm has changed. Wars no longer necessary involve the expenditure of ordinance or the killing of soldiers. Wars can be conducted over the Internet. The US military recognized the change in 2009 when US Cyber Command was created. The Russian attack was an act of war. Any US citizen that aided in that attack gave "aid and comfort" to the enemies of the United States in levying war against the United States. By the Constitutional definition, it was treason.
The Russian attack has not stopped. Anyone who is assisting the Russian attack by attempting to stop the investigation of the attack or deflect attention from the real and present danger is also guilty of treason.
The United States is under attack. The attack cannot be defended against until we admit it is occurring.