It is a twist of the old pot calling the kettle “black” when the traitorous federales accuse Snowden of treason for exposing them.
The entirety of the federal legislative, executive and judicial branch have used the Constitution defining their roles and limitations as toilet paper. They have so trashed the rule of law that it is an extremely rare outlander who has more than a glimmering of what that should mean. I’ll help out a little here by quoting and summarizing some of the relevant portions of that defining document. Check the Bitterroot Bugle Permanent Pages list on the left column for the complete text or anywhere else the US Constitution is revered.
The Constitution of the United States of America 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.
I want you to notice the pronouns used above: “war against THEM”, “adhering to THEIR enemies”. This country is not a singular entity with an all-powerful central government, but a union of several, as in independent and autonomous states, united ONLY in so far as the Constitution defines. Ah, but back to treason.
Summarizing from the same document:
Amendment 1 clearly prohibits assaults on our freedoms of speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the federales for redress of grievances.
(This does not mean in specially-designated, cordoned-off, “free speech zones”, nor does it limit us to speech pleasing to the ears of our ruling elite. Furthermore, redress of grievances means you not only CAN complain loudly and publicly, but they must answer our complaints)
Amendment 2 prohibits restrictions of our firearms.
(Including over 20,000 gun laws on the books today and more they keep trying to slide through)
Amendment 4 could not be more clear about our right to be secure in our person, papers and effects.
(Obviously including our correspondence, conversations, transactions and everything else the NSA, FBI, CIA and White House are traitorously collecting)
Amendment 5 perfectly defines the rule that we must be indicted by a grand jury BEFORE being held to answer for crimes.
(While the reverse is common, it most certainly is not legal – and having people murdered by executive fiat is surely included in prohibited acts)
Amendment 6 succinctly describes our right to a SPEEDY and PUBLIC trial by an IMPARTIAL JURY of our peers.
(before transporting enemies of the state to US prisons in foreign countries – and not by an appointed tribunal or selected patsies)
Amendment 8 prohibits cruel and unusual punishments
(do you suppose the founders would figure waterboarding, solitary, unceasing bright lights, naked humiliation and loud offensive music were idle amusements?)
Amendments 9 and 10 say to the feds, “That’s IT!”. If you were not given the powers in the document that created you, They belong to the people and the states. NOT YOU.
Okay. Now about this hunt for the “treasonous” Snowdon
No grand jury of my peers would indict him. However, the upper echelon of the executive, legislative and judicial branches TO A MAN would be swiftly indicted for their treasons and get the speedy trial they so rarely grant the people of the USA… Swift, sure justice would shortly thereafter be celebrated coast-to-coast like no celebration this country has seen since 1778.