“Is this kinda like a US General calling the Chinese?”
No. The general that called his counterpart with the Chinese and confirmed for them there was no attack coming from the US against them was doing his job. He was being paid for diplomatic relations, not covert operations. At the time of his call he was being film monitored, voice recorded, witnessed, and put on a delay for on the run editing. The US has a number of people that do this.
But the US does, also, have a number of covert programs going continually and has for at least a century. And of course using the words “appear to” by CBS news is just a teaser to get the reader to assume something and is not new with them. The toss has hit the wall.
wy69
So treason is his job? under his new boss, that is technically correct, but at the time it should've gotten him chucked in Leavenworth!