I personally think he's nothing that he is claimed to be. Rather, he's used to leak half-truths and info that's already readily available, giving the public the impression that he's some kind of hero. I say this because if they really wanted to capture the guy, they could and would. If they wanted him dead, the CIA would have killed him years ago. What has he actually leaked that we don't already know - that we're being spied on and records are kept of everything we do online and financially in our lives? Nothing new.