Meh, I thought you were an idealist. Transparency is transparency..and truth is truth.

Your argument is that whistle blowing is good. I agree with you. However, leaking hundreds of thousands of stolen classified information is not the same thing as showing evidence of specific bad deeds.

It's not arguing semantics; it's being consistent. If leaking government documents who people with intimate knowledge of the situation think risk lives is OK, you can't seriously say that leaking stolen records that could ruin one individual's life is not OK... Right?