Assange has been very transparent about his timing strategy, which is essentially a low budget PR strategy due to necessity.
If a single party came forward with information that had been sent to WL and ignored, you might have a point.
If you are a leaker and decide to leak to WL and the material is not published, then you can leak it elsewhere.
The idea that WL is a gatekeeper over what major leaked information sees the light of day is absurd. On the margin there may be a difference of opinion about the newsworthiness of a leak, but WL makes its policy on this extremely transparent.
If a single party came forward with information that had been sent to WL and ignored, you might have a point.
If you are a leaker and decide to leak to WL and the material is not published, then you can leak it elsewhere.
The idea that WL is a gatekeeper over what major leaked information sees the light of day is absurd. On the margin there may be a difference of opinion about the newsworthiness of a leak, but WL makes its policy on this extremely transparent.