Has anyone accusing Snowden of treason actually read the Constitution?
By Alex Seitz-Wald
... Treason is the only crime specifically defined in the Constitution, and considering how much people in Washington say they love the founding document, one would think they would have read it a bit more closely, because experts say that among Snowden’s potential crimes — and they are crimes, in all likelihood — treason is almost definitely not one of them.
“It’s narrow and specific definition,” New York Law School professor and constitutional historian R. B. Bernstein told Salon. As described in 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.” Bernstein says this means that “you need to show specific intent to make war” against the U.S., or aid the enemy. “There’s just none of that here,” he said ...
There are plenty of other crimes Snowden may be charged with, from improper use of computers to violations of the Espionage Act, but treason likely isn’t one of them and lawmakers should know better. “I don’t care what the popular usage is, if you’re talking about something in a legal context, you have to be correct,” Bernstein said.
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/no_one_understands_what_treason_is/
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Had someone tell me just the other day that the 13th Amendment prohibited lawyers from serving in Congress. 
