Assange founded Wikileaks. Who are the idealists you're talking about?
The most senior person to leave, Domscheit-Berg, left because he had an ideological objection to publishing information about the United States. Wikileaks was sitting on a huge trove of extremely interesting information about the US (diplomatic cables, war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq), but Domscheit-Berg wanted to focus on other countries.
The most senior person to leave, Domscheit-Berg, left because he had an ideological objection to publishing information about the United States. Wikileaks was sitting on a huge trove of extremely interesting information about the US (diplomatic cables, war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq), but Domscheit-Berg wanted to focus on other countries.