IMO JA’s main problem is that he encouraged and tried to assist Manning to hack Into more files (even though they were unsuccessful).
If he just stuck to publishing stuff that he was given, he would probably be in a lot less trouble.
Believe Q is US military intelligence (possibly a group within the NSA). Assume they are ‘war gaming’ this whole shit show with super-advanced quantum AI super-computers. Less than ten, 3 non-military. Believe Q+ = POTUS.