Reply #30: He did choose extra-legal means, which is generally what a "whistleblower" does.

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If people always had perfectly legal means to do things like this, whistleblowers wouldn't even exist. And yes, Manning is paying the penalty. Not sure where I ever disputed that.

And the question I was asking had more to do with the obsession you seem to have with Assange himself, as opposed to wikileaks as an organization. Of course, I already know the answer to that question, I'd just like at least one person to own up to it.