Laz, so let’s say you came across classified docs that revealed in the next month a high profile “faked” terrorist attack would be set off in NYC (or pick a city) where 100s would die and untold severe injuries would also result.
Thereafter, the Gov would enact more severe restrictions on freedom via laws, you wouldn’t leak?
In a court of law, hypotheticals are disallowed. Further, what you have offered me is a Hobson's Choice, in which both options are unacceptable.
I will humor you anyways.
I couldn't break my oath. My integrity is vital to my entire life.
I would IMMEDIATELY quit in protest, IMMEDIATELY relocate to another country, and IMMEDIATELY renounce my citizenship. I would even try to thwart the plot.
But I would not defy my oath of secrecy.
See the difference? I would forever work against such an evil government; I would warn the world about her. But I would not betray MYSELF by breaking an oath. Yes, people would die. That, I would have to live with, and it would be VERY tough.
I will work strenously to avoid ever being placed in this Hobsons Choice of a position. I can understand someone making a different choice than I would.