After his arrest in London

Yeah I know that. What bad things did he do?

He allegedly attempted to forcibly impregnate and/or raped a few women/is a paedophile or something.... he says the condoms split, they say he did it on purpose. Depends on who you want to believe but it's oddly coincidental that the accusations came out after he blew the whistle on both sides of the Government. Make up your own opinion on it.

The root of what is “wrong” that he did comes from 2 sources. The first is that he allegedly violated many, many laws. He hacked a government computer to gain access to provide passwords to classified data to other people to access. He also violated international laws and failed to remit himself to custody for trial as had been agreed upon previously. The second source of wrong is more complex. If we assume that it is right to tell dirty secrets and that it is right to violate the law when it protects those who do wrong- we start running into huge problems off the bat. But let’s say it is...

So he leaked classified data. That itself is maybe not so bad in some people’s minds. Especially when that data shows wrong doing of others. However- it’s how the data was retrieved for starters, and then the questions about that. If you break into a system and access classified data you’re going through ALL sorts of data. Things that may not be disinter and are very dangerous to safety. That’s why these systems are protected to start. So on the suspicion without proof of wrongdoing you are compromising a secure system that doesn’t belong to you. If you find nothing you just go about your day, having read through classified files. If you find something you have your “prize.” So imagine if we told people to just fuck the law and follow their conscience?

But everyone’s idea of a conscience is different. Some guys might hit the streets and shoot anyone who is rude or loud or has a different political stance they see as “dangerous.” So we can’t just tell people to ignore the law and do what is right without consequence- and even saying “unless we decide you were wrong...” doesn’t help because so what? Damage done. If someone kills your spouse for being rude- you can’t get them back. If someone leaks information you can’t un leak it. So the law is supposed to stop it before it happens. Politics and power and intelligence are complex and a huge game where people play each other and carefully control what they can.

So one person without context making a call and with no oversight is dangerous. So is blind obedience and censorship. Don’t get me wrong. But to the question of “what bad things did he do...” it’s a complex question and needs a complex answer. The short answer is he broke the law. The long answer is above, and what you think is good or bad depends on your perspective. He did more good and more harm than we can just give a sum total too, and we sure as crap can’t just say “ok. We won’t prosecute if you think or feel you’re doin a good thing...” so that’s where we are.

I personally think he did good, as he exposed a lot of corruption. I definitely feel bad that he's going to prison for it too. People need to know about corruption in the government, and people like him are the only ones who can tell us about it.

Only if he gets extradited, he was arrested on breach of bail.