lets see , the guy joined the united states military voluntarily and then voluntarily leaked u.s. military info . sorry but thats a clear cut case of traitor not whistle blower . would call him a spy but he did not sell the info to anyone . as i see it he just did it to undermine the u.s government and put our military in harms way . weather he understood the gravity of what he did or not ,he still did it ! imo if even one u.s. citizen was killed because of the info then it should be a quick trip to the gallows for manning .