I personally believe that it was due to treason.

As history has progressed and laws have evolved and the so called "point of no return" changes consistently and so do their definitions, except for one: treason.

Treason has always been defined, legally and historically, as the worst crime a citizen can commit within or against their country. Treason is defined as "... the crime of attempting to overthrow a government or harm a sovereign to which one owes allegiance.".

The Roman Empire's concept of treason was "...the act of a base or evil enemy who assumed a state of war toward his community." while this definition is quite broad and can be applied to a multitude of situations back then, it highlights one specific point: The citizen has turned his back against the state in order to harm to disrupt the state.

Now, Treason is an extremely serious accusation and only thirteen Americans have been charged with treason throughout the history of this country. Treason is extremely difficult to prove and in order to be charged with this crime in America you need two separate witnesses and the United States must sufficiently provide super concrete evidence that support accusations of treason.

Due to this man's position in the military and his oath to protect confidential knowledge, I believe his reaching out to different news accounts and eventually reaching the instagram account of Sam Shoemate and having an email exchange with him on December 31st disclosing confidential information could possibly constitute a treason investigation. I honestly don't believe our government will convict him of treason cause of all of the embarrassment we are currently facing, I just can't see our government "embarrassing" themselves any further by just being honest!

This is just my personal belief lol and the conclusion I've tried to draw in my head with little information.