Still a hero in my book, I don't care. He essentially gave up his life, (life in prison) to get the truth out!
Not to mention that if he would have tried to do this in the chain of command you really think this would have gotten out?!?!?! LOL Don't be so damn naive. You think those above him and on top would have let him do anything with this information? They would have just been good little soliders and covered it up just like they do with everything! That's why these guys are in the places that they are, THEY PLAY BALL! They DO what their "betters" tell them to do. That's why they are in higher positions. They are but Glorified politicians, NOT SOLDIERS at that point.
Maybe if more would bring about all this information, that really shouldn't be Top Secret anyway, the public may actually be informed, instead of the dark.
Also, you're saying things that cannot be quantified. Prove to me HOW MANY American solders were killed because of his actions. Go ahead do it. You can't, so that's a bunch of statist bullshit your spitting right there and I'll call you on it all day long.
When did I say this was a recent thing? I didn't! Our government has been doing this to us for a long time, maybe even the past 100 years. I know we've been living under a thug government for the past 150 years.
I don't think they did a better job of hiding it, I think they are trying the same things to hide information now, but it is the internet and the information age that has allowed us to become "aware" of things that we would of had NO WAY of finding out before.
Basically our government has lost control in some respect because of the internet. Why do you think our government is currently trying to censor and control the internet so badly?
They are completely freaked out and worried that WAY too many people are waking up and way too fast.