Where or how do you get that conclusion? A non-oath taking member of the general public who commits treason is exposed too.
Obviously some people take the oath seriously. I'm not belittling that. And of couse the oath is taken out, dusted off, and used to prop itself up, "you swore and oath and defiled it, to the gulag!" My point was on the net effect, spread across the millions of people who take the oath. It can and is used to justify hiding evidence - "trust me, I took an oath."
As for the comparison with the principle of an honest and public-serving press, that's my point of view. Maybe your local constabulary and bench are honest, maybe not. The difference is not determined by taking of the oath. No institution is beyond corruption, not even the pentagon.
> “Where or how do you get that conclusion? A non-oath taking member of the general public who commits treason is exposed too.”
Lookup the federal statute for treason, sedition, subversion.
Treasonous behavior exhibited by persons not under an oath of allegiance is sedition.
Treasonous behavior exhibited by persons under an oath of allegiance is treason.
Treason is punishable by death as stated in the statute. It doesn’t mean an automatic death sentence but it’s possible.
Sedition is not punishable by death although a seditious act accompanied bu other crimes such as murder can result in a death sentence.
The point is that those who pledge an oath of loyalty to the United States and are convicted of charges of treason, these persons may be sentenced to death. This makes treason a capital crime, higher than all other crimes in its category. It is the Oath that differentiates it.