It's illuminating that this isn't framed as Snowden vs. Assange. Certainly if they could frame it that way for their juicy story, they would. We don't know (at

It's illuminating that this isn't framed as Snowden vs. Assange. Certainly if they could frame it that way for their juicy story, they would. We don't know (at least here on HN) who personally posted that reply on the WikiLeaks Twitter feed. It seems reasonable to assume that there are internal differences today just as there were a few years ago when Assange publicly battled a top ex-WikiLeaker, among other conflicts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Defections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Defections So what is "WikiLeaks" to us aside from the material they produce? Aside from that, as has been pointed out, different legitimate tactics can serve different legitimate goals, and in different strategic contexts.