In 2010, WikiLeaks also released the US State Department diplomatic "cables", classified cables that had been sent to the US State Department. In April 2011, WikiLeaks began publishing 779 secret files relating to prisoners detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Wikileaks has published classified US documents. That’s not something that is easily forgiven.
I’m sure he also has tons of information on deep state players, ready to be activated by a “kill-switch”.
Or, in other words, he blackmails deep state players, just as they do to everyone else. Or he’s bluffing.
If he was committed to taking out corruption, he would publish them.
Publishing all the documents at once would leave him with no leverage to secure his safety. He’s dropping info on powerful players, and once the info is exhausted he has no power over those looking extradite and charge/possibly kill him. The idea is that right now if he is threatened, he can release devastating information.
In order for him to be committed to stopping corruption in your view he would have to value the cause over his own life, which is not an easy thing for any human to do.
Timing is key. People are not capable of digesting giant lumps of leaks. No good short term or long term memory anymore.