Theres a Smell of Treason in the Air
The greatest political scandal in American history was not Aaron Burrs shooting of Alexander Hamilton, and perhaps wasnt even Watergate. Rather it may have been Richard Nixons secret efforts in 1968 to sabotage a U.S. diplomatic effort to end the Vietnam War.
Nixons initiative, long rumored but confirmed only a few months ago, was meant to improve his election chances that year. After Nixon won, the war dragged on and cost thousands of additional American and Vietnamese lives; its hard to see his behavior as anything but treason.
Now the F.B.I. confirms that we have had an investigation underway for eight months into whether another presidential campaign colluded with a foreign power so as to win an election. To me, that, too, would amount to treason.
Ive been speaking to intelligence experts, Americans and foreigners alike, and they mostly (but not entirely) believe there was Trump-Russia cooperation of some kind. But this is uncertain; its prudent to note that James Clapper, the intelligence director under Barack Obama, said that as of January he had seen no evidence of collusion but that he favors an investigation to get to the bottom of it.
Im also told (not by a Democrat!) that theres a persuasive piece of intelligence on ties between Russia and a member of the Trump team that isnt yet public.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/theres-a-smell-of-treason-in-the-air.html?smid=tw-share
I don't know if the actions of Trump and his fellow gang members meet the legal definition of treason. That's for the courts to decide. As a rhetorical hammer it's ----ing awesome.