Pentagon leaks, Traitor or whistle blower?

 WILL 21 YR OLD NATIONAL GUARDSMEN BE THE SCAPEGOAT FOR PENTAGON LIES?

ARE REVELATIONS DAMAGING TO NATIONAL SECURITY OR TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION?

While recently watching congressional testimony from Loyd Austin, the secretary of Defense, in congressional hearings, it was obvious that he was just repeating the official narrative on the Ukraine conflict. If one would watch the people sitting directly behind Austin you could tell from their demeanor that they visibly cringed at many of his answers. I suspect none of them would be able to lie as well as Austin.

Within days of this testimony leaks began to appear that proved Austin was lying under oath before congress. Of course the leaker, a 21 year old national guardsman, is already being portrayed as a right wing fanatic, because he has guns and goes to a shooting range. We can expect that he will be prosecuted and made an example of. He may even be labeled a Russian agent.

While much of the revelations are being withheld and covered up by the Government controlled media, the most important contradictions with Austin's testimony are that Ukraine is not winning the war. That Ukraine is losing troops at a 7 to 1 ratio to the Russians. That the U.S. and Uk have hundreds of special forces now in Ukraine without a declaration of war or congressional approval. It also reveals government spying on our allies. It also makes it clear that this in effect a war between the United States and Russia.

So, if someone believes that the government is lying to the citizens of the country and congress and reveals these lies, are they a whistle blower or a traitor? If someone in government is lying to the citizens of the country and congress are they a patriot or a traitor? It seems lying in protecting the government is always acceptable. Telling the truth in revealing government lies is always now treason.

This is not the first time I have personally watched government officials lie under oath before congress, there is never any consequences. 

The worst example was Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, who lied several times, under oath, before congress, on national television, about the NSA collecting communications in mass of all U.S. citizens, without cause and without warrant, and storing the information in NSA data bases for future reference. This testimony prompted Edward Snowden to leak classified documents that revealed these lies. Was Snowden a traitor or a whistle blower?

We know that Snowden had to flee the country for his life and has not returned to the U.S. and likely never will. Clapper is regularly still lying on national television supporting whatever government policy is an issue of the day. No prosecution, still considered a credible witness. The interesting thing is the Snowden revelations never damaged national security, even Osama Bin Lauden and others never used regular communications, but resorted to couriers. Only the U.S. citizens believe that their government is not spying on them.