A Case for Charges of Treason

From Investors Business Daily

With everything that they have done to defeat the US in this world war on Islamic Fascism, do the Democrats really believe that we'll ever trust them to protect us and our children. Read on and keep in mind what a big deal they've made about Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame:

Posted 11/15/2005
Aid And Comfort:

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says he gave advance warning of our plans to invade Iraq to the president of a terrorist state, Syria. A full-scale investigation is warranted.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia has been relentless in seeking information to undercut our mission in Iraq. But he has some of his own explaining to do. In an interview last weekend with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," Rockefeller said:

"I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9-11."

What exactly is a U.S. senator with special access to classified information doing providing private briefings to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country has been on the State Department's list of terrorist sponsors since that list's inception in 1979?

What's he doing sharing U.S. strategy in waging war on terrorists with the nation that, according to the State Department, gives "substantial amounts of financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic and organizational aid" to the terrorist group Hezbollah? Hezbollah was responsible for, among other acts of terror, the Beirut truck bombing that killed 241 American servicemen in their barracks in 1983.

Rockefeller's little venture in freelance diplomacy may have violated the Logan Act, which calls for fining or imprisoning any U.S. citizen who deals with a foreign government "with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government . . . or to defeat the measures of the United States."

If a Senate Ethics Committee investigation were to confirm that Rockefeller was guilty of "a significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized disclosure," it could "recommend appropriate action such as censure, removal from committee membership or expulsion from the Senate."

It's hard to top a senator entrusted with classified materials providing previews of U.S. military actions to a terrorist state. But Senate Republicans are doing their best.

All but 13 voted with all but six Democrats Tuesday in passing a resolution that amounts to a de facto timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. It's exactly the kind of signal that will encourage terrorists in Iraq to be patient and keep fighting: The American infidels not only lack staying power; they also have a plan to surrender.

Members of "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body" are going to have to convince the American people that they haven't forgotten we are at war. They can start by showing some fortitude in supporting the mission in Iraq for the long haul. And by having a formal investigation of the misconduct of Jay Rockefeller.