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GOP senator wants update on A-10 ‘treason’ probe

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The T word seems to be in vogue this season.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) is asking for an update on the Air Force’s probe of a general who allegedly said airmen who talk to Congress about the retirement of the A-10 have committed “treason.”In a Feb. 24 letter to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee.
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Government officials who order or approve blanket surveillance programs in violation of their oaths of office should be charged with treason.

lnxwalt@microca.st at 2015-02-25T19:04:58Z

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Treason is the only crime outright defined in the US Constitution. People may throw that word around with little consideration but the Constitution defines it stating:


"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 Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted."

US Constitution Article III, Section 3

Stephen Michael Kellat at 2015-02-26T00:40:40Z

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