More often, he expressed regret at too much trust in those around him, "the real traitors."
In the end they were the real traitors.
He deceived us all, it is true, but he was never a real traitor.
Apparently he was in no sense a real traitor.
"If we could find that out, we'd know who the real traitors are."
Shudo also trades with Orchid, the real traitor in the police unit.
Whoever the real traitors were, he was sure the case they had set up against him looked plausible.
Li did not believe that his brother became a real traitor at beginning.
Regimes which need these repressive laws to avoid accountability and shut down public debate are the real traitors.
Yet you know that the name is not the reality: the real traitor may not have the reputation.