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Treason:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

The news could not have been more shocking if the memo had been found at Al Qaeda headquarters. United States Senators were plotting to use intelligence data and their Congressional power to counter the President of the United States and his strategy for waging the war on terrorism. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia), apparently the impetus behind the memo, has blamed a "staff member" for writing the memo and claimed "it clearly reflects staff frustration that the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation has not tackled all of the tough issues."

The limp excuses for the memo aside, the contents of the memo clearly indicate that Democrats intended to pretend to go along with Senate Republicans reviewing progress on the war on terror, including the liberation of Iraq, while all the time plotting to accuse the Republicans of "dragging their feet" and not cooperating with the investigation in order to justify a trumped-up call for an "independent investigation" timed to embarrass President Bush during an election year.

The first part of this disloyal plan has already been staged by the Democrats on Capitol Hill. While pretending that Republicans are causing unspecified "delays" in investigations into progress on the war, Democrats are secretly working to prevent any progress at all in order to justify their later moves. As their diabolical memo reads, Democrats will:

...pull the majority along as far as we can on issues that may lead to major new disclosures regarding improper or questionable conduct by administration officials. We are having some success in that regard.

We will identify the most exaggerated claims. We will contrast them with the intelligence estimates that have since been declassified. ... Once we identify solid leads the majority does not want to pursue, we would attract more coverage and have greater credibility in that context than one in which we simply launch an independent investigation based on principled but vague notions regarding the use of intelligence.

Unless and until this reprehensible attack plan and strategy to derail the committee's important work is properly addressed, I am afraid that it will be impossible to return to business as usual in the committee."

Democrats are still outraged that President Clinton was impeached, and have been looking ever since for a reason to besmirch leading Republicans in return. Unable to find any actual evidence against people like President Bush, they have turned to creating false charges. Once their subterfuge in the Senate had wreaked havoc on any investigations into the war on terror Democrats would call for an "independent" investigation into the "delays". By independent they meant partisan and controlled by Democrats. By delays they meant Republicans, specifically President Bush. By leaking sensitive intelligence information Democrats hoped to create scandals about administration policy on the war on terror. It does not matter to the Democrats that such leaks would compromise United States security, and the safety of troops overseas. They are only interested in seizing power they once held at the national level. Any such investigation would be far from independent, far from just. It would have one goal: to defame the President of the United States, to defeat any of his goals in the war on terror. In short, it would aiding and abetting our enemies in a time of war. Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) said:

Those responsible for this memo appear to be more focused on winning the White House for their party than on winning the war against terror. Those priorities are wrong. They are dead wrong.

The memo apparently stemmed from Democrat failures to find any damaging information during the Committee's investigations to date. After it was announced to news outlets that the Committee was wrapping up its investigations CNN reported that a source told them:

"We felt pretty sandbagged by that," said the source. "That memo was drafted because we needed to look for options."

In typical Democrat fashion, reaction to scandal over the contents of the memo has not been contrition over its existence, or punishment for those responsible, but rather outrage that they were caught. Claiming that the memo was "stolen" they have demanded...you guessed it...an investigation. The response to that chutzpah should that an investigation will be launched...right after they find out who stole over 900 FBI files during the Clinton administration.

Democrats have actively opposed the President on almost every aspect on the war on terrorism, and now they have crossed the line. They are aiding and abetting the enemy in a time of war. They have conspired to cripple United States intelligence gathered on the war on terrorism and to use any information—classified or not—they feel can help them score political points. The time has come for responsible patriots to put an end to this treason. Anyone who had a hand in creating this strategy should be fired. If they hold public office they should be impeached if they refuse to resign. We are at war, and the Democrats have chosen to side with our enemies. We should show them no mercy for such treachery.

The first part of this disloyal plan has already been staged by the Democrats on Capitol Hill.

Unable to find any actual evidence against people like President Bush, they have turned to creating false charges.

The memo apparently stemmed from Democrat failures to find any damaging information during the Committee's investigations to date.

Democrats have actively opposed the President on almost every aspect on the war on terrorism, and now they have crossed the line.