Libby May be on Trial for Perjury, But Bush and Cheney Should be on Trial for Treason

January 28, 2007

We all know that the Libby trial is legally about perjury, even though the damage done to the United States by the executive branch of our government was much more than a legal violation; it was an impeachable offense.

At the same time that Bush and Cheney were selling America a war on the basis of Iraq allegedly having Weapons of Mass Destruction, they had not the least bit of compunction about rendering inoperative a CIA employee who specialized in tracking the illicit transfer of WMDs that existed in reality -- not just in the propaganda playbook of the Neo-Con dead enders.

It wasn't just a legal issue that evolved into a perjury charge; it was treason.

Exposing an entire network of individuals and resources who worked with Valerie Plame -- while blowing her cover -- was something that you would expect of Al Qaeda (or Al Capone), not the White House.

But the White House did the damage, which makes them something more than cunning. It makes them dangerous to the national security interests of the people of the United States of America.

All of this isn't technically on trial, because the charges against Libby are narrowly focused.

But the implications of the Valerie Plame outing continue to get covered up in a fog of exculpatory smoke and mirrors by the GOP echo chamber.

Betraying one's country should not be lauded by an amen choir of highly-paid corporate media shills, unless treason is a new right wing "moral value."

Combined with the multi-pronged, insidious and unrelenting assault on our Constitution by the Busheviks, we don't have to worry about terrorists bringing down our democracy and endangering our well being.

Bush, Cheney and their cohorts are doing bin Laden's work for him.

As long as the Neo-Con dead enders are in power, the "enemy" is winning -- and winning big.

For ongoing updates on the PlameGate investigation, please read http://www.buzzflash.com.