Causation does. In terms of "giving us a place to look" it might as well swing in the opposite direction: He stands to spend quite a few years in jail. If his m

Causation does. In terms of "giving us a place to look" it might as well swing in the opposite direction: He stands to spend quite a few years in jail. If his motive was getting back at the military for sacking him for his sexuality sounds a lot better (and gives him access to support from a wider range of people) than him just feeling that it's his prerogative to publish the confidential material that was entrusted to him.