Reply #38: Who should be the one to decide? [View All]

[Capitalocracy]

Crimes were uncovered. Documents having nothing to do with national security were classified (direct national security concerns and slightly vaguer diplomatic concerns are the ONLY legally recognized reasons to classify documents. Anything else is illegitimate). He was clearly right. If he was just crazy and declassified things that were perfectly legitimately classified, including national security information potentially leading to public safety or troop security concerns, then yes, he would be a criminal, regardless of his motives. But he did not do this, and he is not a criminal.