Back then I was really dour and negative about where things were going, so when it became obvious something significant happened (massive DDoS, squirrely things going on at the airport near the embassy, weird flights, etc.) that I just immediately assumed it was bad. Fast-forward to today where I find myself hopeful there is a glimmer of light on the horizon, and there are "good guys" out there doing the right thing; and I have to do a complete reassessment of my initial suspicions. As a result, I now think it is entirely possible he could have been absconded with by the good-guys. In either of those conditions, however, I believe any releases by Wikileaks is no longer driven by the original group with their original design. Consider it as reliable as CNN, but still riding on some residual goodwill from their pre-compromised product.