There's a MASSIVE difference between willfully giving government secrets to an outside agency and downloading some old video games off the internet. About as big of a difference as there is between rebelling against an oppressive and corrupt government who does whatever it wants without any input from the people, and potentially putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of citizens at risk by sending classified information over insecure internet traffic with the explicit intent of having that infomration then put on the internet later.
Piracy : Treason :: Jaywalking : Aggravated murder