Manning leaked facts about actions of the government that most citizens wouldn't want to be part of, prompting change.
He/she also released stuff that was ethically good or neutral, but damaged the security. On the balance I'd say that was a service to the mankind and the US, motives irrelevant.
That's "Plattenbau", a much later invention. Khruschevkas were built using traditional technology onsite, plattenbau is prefabricated and assembled in a fraction of time.
So, we have:
1) Blackbox on-board computers, probably dozens of subtle configuration variations
2) Blackbox binary-only, possibly obfuscated firmware
3) Possibly TiVo-ized runtime.
4) Farmers as the ones who'd possibly be interested.
5) Then, manufacturers could sue for various DMCA violations
I'd say the odds of this happening would be some 1e-3 a year.
This is a policy issue that shouldn't be attacked technically. Better get the farmer write their Congress members.
How would you ensure that the news service doesn't accept side-channel donations for the "right" news? How would you ensure that the news service doesn't keep telling the subscribers what they want to hear?