KEVIN SCHMIDT STERLING VA wrote on July 12, 2005 11:26 AM
In the end, Rove will not get away with anything. Although he may not be proven to be a traitor, there are several other laws that he has broken.
Also, from his office in the White House (C), he outed and he lied about Valerie Plame's (A) involvement in the decision to send Wilson to Niger. He did so to smear and discredit Wilson and to intimidate reporters and U.S. Government employees into not speaking out against the Bush administration (B).
It makes no difference whether he intentionally or unintentionally outed Plame (A), he still outed her. His actions took a resource out of the war against terrorism and endangered and still endangers every U.S. citizen.
Under the U.S. Patriot Act, Karl Rove has fulfilled the three requirements of being designated a "Domestic Terrorist":
SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
(a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
`(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear to be intended--
`(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
`(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
`(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
`(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
Karl Rove IS a "Domestic Terrorist", it's as simple as A, B, C. Under the laws of the U.S. Patriot Act, he can and should be immediately incarcerated, for an indefinite period of time, and without the benefit of a trial.
Posted by Hannah at July 12, 2005 11:40 AM