[venomsnake]

Don't do stuff that makes people become legitimate whistleblowers is a good start.

The US public is not stupid. There is very little goodwill towards Manning about what he did compared to Snowden[1]. And for good reasons.

So people are pretty good from separating whistleblower and leaker. So I think it will be non issue.

[1] There is a lot of sympathy for Manning about the way he was treated, which may or may not be a good case for clemency in the next administration.