This smells to me just a bit. If this knowledge was disclosed sooner (Because, lets face it, they've loved to spurt out claims about bad things Assange has don

This smells to me just a bit. If this knowledge was disclosed sooner (Because, lets face it, they've loved to spurt out claims about bad things Assange has done,) I would expect a non-negligible number of Wikileaks supporters to stop. It's one thing to have leaks fed to you, it's another to actively encourage people to do so and name targets. So... Why are we only hearing about this -now-?