User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-5302371-20120728161339/@comment-3472264-20120731201309

Just because Ulfric thinks that Balgruuf is on the Empire's side does not mean that he'd know for a fact that he is. To me if a leader cannot respect neutrality then he should not be leading. You remember how the Japanese didn't respect U.S neutrality in WWII? Remember what the ultimate end result for them was?

If you pay attention you'll realize that the operation at the beginning of the game seems like it was rather rushed so there likely wasn't any time for due process, and once again even if Tullius did ask for your story how would he know that you aren't lying just to save your own hide? Tullius may be a smart man but he can't read minds.