Assange also reasoned very publicly about the necessity of Wikileaks, and why Cryptome couldn't make a difference. He noticed that no matter what bombshells we

Assange also reasoned very publicly about the necessity of Wikileaks, and why Cryptome couldn't make a difference. He noticed that no matter what bombshells were published in Cryptome and similar sites, media did not write about it, there were no scandals and people in general didn't care. If you could work in tight cooperation with established media, do all the data processing for them (which hackers have a talent for) and serve them stories ready made for journalistic work and subsequent publication, a much bigger impact would be seen. In retrospect he clearly did get that right.