He also let us all know how invasive our country spies on us and the steps they would go take to RIG an election and make us aware of the capabilities of the NSA, etc. And definitively show how nasty and corrupt the podesta and clinton machine is.
Yes, he did put out there, the stuff that Manning gave him. Investigations by the military stated that there were no negative consequences from those dumps. There were negative consequences from sending guys out to look for Berghdal and his muslim dad was able to speak from the lawn of the White House.
So, there’s that.
Six men died looking for that traitor.
He knowingly received stolen documents and he knowingly released them. Those document covered a spectrum of US activities not just the ones that you highlighted.
IMO he was a basement dweller that was seeking notoriety as a hacker. Like most megalomaniacs he expected adulation from the world. In his world the consequences he is now facing were never supposed to happen.
FWIW, I think he is faking the drama to keep from being held accountable because he is already guilty as hell of doing it.