the fact that there is an outright war on truth, and dissent, and a persecution of journalists and whistleblowers. When we stop being able to point at and criticize the misdeeds of the powerful--which is almost accomplished now--we are truly their slaves and prisoners.

We're in complete agreement on these points. With few exceptions, we are aligned in our demands for justice and accountability.

However, if Wikileaks is controlled opposition, then the Epstein related tapes may have already leaked to wikileaks with the leaker disappeared, or dead. There's no way to know for sure.
Also, this would be the ultimate dead man's key, and he had to hold on to something.

We know that this guy was a medial darling at one time. He hacked the NSA and the Pentagon with minimal consequence. This would have gotten most people banished from MSM view, which is beyond suspiscious. Then Wikileaks gets famous overnight and he's the talk of the MSM for years...?

Virtually every leaker is banished by the MSM from public view.

Any "leakers" whom the MSM choose to venerate warrant serious skeptical reexamination.