In the news

"I (unfortunately) see those 35 years as light. What he did was wrong. He might have meant well but was not--- and is not-- in a position to judge the impact of the information in the hands of others. He was a soldier, stole information that did not belong to him and provided it to foreign agents. Having good intentions but doing wrong does not make a hero. He is a deluded dimwit that should consider himself lucky to have been spared the death sentence. His recklessness showed indifference to putting many people in harm's way. He was not a whistleblower but a traitor. He provided information that he had not even read. Much he did not even understand. I think like Benedict Arnold he wanted to bathe in lime-light..."

"Serious question - who is in this position and do you trust them? And relating to the Daily Fail article, I'm sure I've read that statistics are at best equivocal as to if mandatory helmet laws in Aus have reduced head injuries there?"

Moral responsibility vs. call of duty... In retrospect, speaking as a soldier myself, really those shouldn't be conflicting issues.