The Founders limited "treason" in the Constitution due to concerns it would be abused to criminalize dissent: what is now routine.
Neocons weaponized it during the War on Terror. It was the dominant theme of the Trump years. The war in Ukraine has brought it to all new levels.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 15, 2022
As Gabbard herself explains here, the media is blatantly lying about what she said. She didn't say there were biological *weapons* labs in Ukraine. She said what WHO & US officials, including Nuland, have warned: there are dangerous unsecured bio labs.https://t.co/uvxnblUKuy
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 15, 2022
It is difficult, if not impossible, to find any despot in history who does not weaponize accusations of “treason" against dissidents as a central instrument for control. That U.S. discourse has now descended completely to that level is barely debatable:https://t.co/VV7JcWSOXO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 15, 2022