The British officer with whom Arnold had been colluding was captured by the American forces. The documents he carried laid out the plans for Benedict Arnold's handover of West Point to the British.

Benedict Arnold is the supreme hero/traitor of American history. Americans were in awe of his military exploits in the taking of Fort Ticonderoga, and as the spearhead of General Horatio Gates’s ...

“Whistleblower” is too kind of a word to describe Edward Snowden. Traitor, Judas, and even Benedict Arnold are more befitting terms for a man who, three years ago, pilfered and leaked 15 million ...

For most people, it’s Benedict Arnold. His name is nearly synonymous with treason for what he did after taking command of West Point on Aug. 3, 1780: he tried to sell out West Point to the British.

By 1780, Benedict Arnold would have fully turned on America. His new loyalist bride connected him with the British and he hatched a plan to turn over West Point for £20,000.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily, at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered. Arnold's heroic actions in ...

“George Washington loved Benedict Arnold,” writes Kelly. “ [And] Arnold’s betrayal broke his heart.” More than 250 years later, Benedict Arnold’s name remains a byword for betrayal.

New London, Conn., has never forgiven Benedict Arnold for his Revolutionary War treason — and for burning their city. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from New London, Conn. Connecticut, 1781. New ...

Traitor, Judas, and even Benedict Arnold are more befitting terms for a man who, three years ago, pilfered and leaked 15 million classified documents without the authorization to do so. Knowing that ...