WatchMojo.com has compiled a list of the top 10 most notorious traitors in history. The list includes:
10. Joe Lieberman - American politician who switched from Democrat to Independent and supported Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
9. Benito Mussolini - Italian politician who turned against his own party and introduced fascism in Italy, eventually becoming a dictator.
8. Aldrich Ames - American CIA officer who spied for Russia and the Soviet Union, causing the deaths of at least 10 American agents.
7. Wang Jingwei - Chinese politician who betrayed his party and allied with the Japanese during World War II.
6. Mata Hari - Dutch exotic dancer and spy who worked for Germany during World War I, causing the deaths of thousands of soldiers.
5. Guy Fawkes - English conspirator who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.
4. Vidkun Quisling - Norwegian politician who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II and was executed for treason.
3. Benedict Arnold - American general who defected to the British during the American Revolutionary War.
2. Marcus Junius Brutus - Roman senator who conspired against and assassinated Julius Caesar.
1. Judas Iscariot - One of Jesus' 12 apostles who betrayed him for 30 pieces of silver, leading to his execution.
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1. Joe Lieberman was a United States Senator from Connecticut who served for almost a quarter century.
2. In 2000, Joe Lieberman ran as the nominee for vice president on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore.
3. In 2008, Joe Lieberman publicly supported Republican John McCain in the presidential election.
4. Benito Mussolini was a member of the Italian Socialist Party before turning to fascism in 1914.
5. Mussolini became the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and transformed the government into a dictatorship.
6. Aldrich Ames was a former counterintelligence officer and analyst who released sensitive information to Russia and the Soviet Union between 1985 and 1994.
7. Ames earned over $4.5 million from his treasonous actions, which led to the deaths of at least 10 American agents.
8. Wang Ching-wei was a politician and member of the left-wing Qing Tong party in China who switched sides to ally with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese War.
9. Wang Ching-wei became the puppet leader of the government set up in Nanjing, Eastern China.
10. Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and escort who became a prolific German agent known by the code name H21.
11. Mata Hari's reports to the Germans caused the deaths of an estimated 50,000 soldiers, and she was executed by a French firing squad in 1917.
12. Guy Fawkes was a conspirator who attempted to blow up the English Parliament in 1605.
13. Fawkes was captured and tortured, eventually dying on January 31, 1606.
14. Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician who rose to become the Minister of Defense and later collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
15. Quisling was executed for embezzlement, murder, and high treason in 1945.
16. Benedict Arnold was a soldier and general during the American Revolutionary War who switched sides to the British.
17. Arnold's plot to turn over the fort at West Point to the British was discovered, and he narrowly escaped arrest.
18. Brutus was a senator in the ancient Roman Republic who conspired against and assassinated Julius Caesar.
19. Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' 12 apostles who collaborated with the Romans to identify and execute Jesus.
20. The Cambridge Five were a group of British spies who worked for the KGB during the Cold War.
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