Are Americans the enemy if Snowden is a traitor?

[Gravitycollapse]

Senator Bill Nelson has said what Snowden did was "treasonous." If treason means providing aid and comfort to an enemy of the state and Snowden was leaking the information to the American people, does that make the American people an enemy of the state?

Hmmm

[cynatnite]

1. You missed the part about running to China with classified information. n/t

[Gravitycollapse]

3. He fled to China to avoid arrest.

There is no evidence he gave information to the Chinese.

[cynatnite]

4. Sure, he fled to China to avoid arrest WITH stolen classified information...

That's why he's being called a traitor and all that.

[Gravitycollapse]

7. That's not treasonous.

He would have to provide such information to a state or other enemy. Otherwise it's just theft of classified information. Which is not treason.

[cynatnite]

9. I never said it was. You missed the part about running off to China...

I said that it was why he's being called a traitor and all that.

Treason and traitor gets thrown around so much that I doubt half the people who use it knows the meanings.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. "There is no evidence he gave information to the Chinese"

[Th1onein]

2. Apparently so.

Pitiful, isn't it?

[Downwinder]

5. Pogo:

[Progressive dog]

6. Hong Kong Eddie did not commit treason

and Bill Nelson does not run the DoJ.
"The United States charged Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorized person, according to the June 14 criminal complaint made public on Friday."

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. We have been the enemy for quite some time. Think about it...

How many of the 537 are NOT members of the 1%?

[Marrah_G]

10. yes

[treestar]

11. He is not being charged with treason

that does not apply.

And in giving the info to the American public, he also gave it out to everyone else, including enemies, no? Do you fail to understand it could hurt us in some way?

[Gravitycollapse]

14. How could that hurt us?

[bemildred]

12. Yeah, I think we are, that's how they seem to think of us in DC anyway.

We need to be watched.