Isn't this thing termed collusion really treason?

I mean if you follow the definition - colluding with a foreign power to affect an election outcome in one's own country through any means necessary, even if it means killing?

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/08/18/an-israeli-october-surprise-for-obama/

Should anyone really be too surprised if something like this were to actually happen? Like hmm ... suppose a foreign power decides to unilaterally invade or attack another country (or have citizens attacked, killed, or taken hostage), in order for the leader of one country (undergoing a re-election campaign) to be forced into joining along, or refuse, thus having the right-wing pounce and guarantee defeat?

Think it could happen to Obama in 2012? We know now this happened to Carter in 1980,