Edward Snowden has recently been added to the list of people entrusted with America's secrets but who decided to "spill the beans" and tell
the world what they know. Bradley Manning is currently on trial for releasing hundreds of thousands of classified military documents.
Sixty years ago today Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for passing US atomic plans to the Soviets.
One of the most famous of this genre was Benedict Arnold, the Continental Army general who defected to the British during the War of Independence and almost turned the fort at West Point over to the British.
Being a turncoat or traitor has a long history and will continue to happen as long as this world lasts. Certainly Judas Iscariot is the most well known example from the Bible.
In virtually every case, people do this not because they seek to be evil, but because they believe what they are doing is right, honorable and ethical.
God and history will decide for each of these.
We live in a time when many who reject God's teaching are deceived into thinking they are doing the right and better thing. Our adversary, satan, is indeed crafty!
We are told by Jesus that in the last days to be be careful that "no one deceives you...that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other...because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
(Matthew 24:4-12)
