Rove, Cheney, Libby all committed treason by outing Plame

I agree with Juan Cole. The people who provided Valerie Plame's name and CIA affiliation to journalists like Judy Miller (and in Rove's case, confirming that information to bob Novak) meet the Constitutional definition of Treason. That is:

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 law may not properly deal with this situation, which is why the Constitution includes the impeachment procedure.

Cheney clearly was committing treason. Bush almost certainly knew, but even if he did not, his failure to conduct a thorough investigation of who leaked Plame's name. This came out last Friday in the House Hearings. [See FDL Liveblogs the House Plame Hearings and look down to where Dr. James Knodell, Director, Office of Security, The White House testified and stated that there has been absolutely no investigation into the leaking of Plame's identity by employee Karl Rove."

This might well be what Libby was protecting Cheney from when he took the fall and was convicted.