Wikileaks has paid for data before. Since he was the "IT" guy he would have a better chance of convincing people that it was a hack, had he lived. (My brother is an IT expert for the State of Texas) I agree that he surely had knowledge of many many nefarious goings on at the DNC, because surely there are many, but still, I have seen or read nothing that makes him out to be a Patriotic American, risking his life for the Republic.