I mean, maybe, if that guy wanted to stay around to try and improve his country. Maybe not if he valued his life. But that doesn't change the fact that it was

I mean, maybe, if that guy wanted to stay around to try and improve his country. Maybe not if he valued his life. But that doesn't change the fact that it was a crime, does it? Remember, the comment I replied to was saying that Chelsea Manning did not commit a crime when they leaked secret American military information while a serving member of the US armed forces. You might - and I would - argue that Manning did something that is a good thing for the world, but that doesn't mean saying that it was a crime is 'post fact'. 'Post fact' is redefining the idea of 'illegal' to be 'only things I don't personally agree with', which is not a definition that survives contact with the real world.