Plenty of people have criticized Wikileaks and Assange for not following a 'responsible' style of disclosure of leaked materials (usually thought of as aiming t

Plenty of people have criticized Wikileaks and Assange for not following a 'responsible' style of disclosure of leaked materials (usually thought of as aiming to minimize collateral damage such as spies operating in the field having their cover blown). Contrast their behaviour to how the Snowden stories were broken for example. Of course it's more nuanced than that but I don't think it's right to say the criticism is all just shooting the messenger or character assassination.