re: #5 wheat-dogghazi
He was never a field agent, so if he really is an agent now, he’s played a lot of people for fools.
Me? I think he’s a sysadmin with delusions of grandeur, who has successfully recruited Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks to protect his skinny little ass from the law. Given his route so far, I suspect he contacted WikiLeaks before he even left the USA.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he did it for the cash and 15 minutes of fame. What motivates folks is very often beyond my ability to ken.