While Assange has caused problems for WikiLeaks, I think he has accomplished something that is not really talked about in this article, and that is important fo

While Assange has caused problems for WikiLeaks, I think he has accomplished something that is not really talked about in this article, and that is important for any WikiLeaks replacement: he turned those leaks into news. It's all too easy for information to be leaked and no one to care, even if the leaks seem important. Assange helped by being the face of WikiLeaks, and I think he's also done good work working with journalists to get the news out there. Not that journalists and Assange have had a happy relationship, or even a healthy relationship, but he did manage to get real coverage. I would worry that a committee organization will be too conservative and technocratic. That is not an inevitability, of course; if the committee understands the importance of publicity maybe they can delegate appropriately... but it's not something a group of people can really do well together.