I'd sure like to know who put him up to it.
The Russia of today is far different then the USSR. If you have money.
There no longer is a We The People House, Senate, POTUS, DOJ, or USSC.....they're all in the same cesspool of keeping Power paid for on the backs of producers, who have no Representation at all.
We The People don't send in Millions to the War Chests, so we don't count. They're even trying to buy up all the ammo, to keep it from you, and, they are ready to use it on U.S. Citizens who resist their Power.
There’s a bit of evidence that he was “groomed” by someone at WikiLeaks. Why ELSE would they be waiting for him at the airport in Hong Kong when he arrived, before he told anyone anything ???
You ignore the possibility that he did it because he believed we needed to know.
Perhaps it was his conscience. Sometimes that conscience can really bother you.