Yeah the Guardian and New York Times really missed the boat not hacking John Podesta's email so we could learn how to make the perfect risotto. Or doxxing thousands of innocent Turkish citizens in a cache of "Government emails" that wasn't Government emails at all but hundreds of thousand of public forum posts, less than three hundred of which had government addresses. Transparency is important and good. Good, hard hitting journalism is more vital and necessary than ever. Julian Assange and Wikileaks are not journalists and not filling any civic void, just Assange's megalomaniacal need for attention as an information broker of other people's secrets.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/21978
“I signed a conflict of interest policy as a board member of cgi ... Oddly, wjc does not have to sign such a document even though he is personally paid by 3 cgi sponsors, gets many expensive gifts from them, some that are at home etc.”
Do you think conflicts of interest at the highest peaks of federal government are "benign" and "hardly criminal"? This is just one example of really shady stuff revealed in the leaks. IMO the Clinton Foundation sells political influence and that's illegal.
The revelations in the Podesta emails has been pretty lame. There's not a lot of surprises, but lots of chaff that will create some personally embarrassing moments for people.
Funny how its OK until its all to close to a preferred interest is Clinton or the nebulous "us election process'
Perhaps if the us media did their jobs reporting on this stuff then there wouldn't be all this drama. Though if anyone has tried to influence election it is the "press" who likewise sit on stories - trump pussy tape, bush DUI as just two examples.
That same hypothetically unbiased press is quite good at playing team red or blue cheerleader directly or indirectly by access to like minded travelers. And let's not forget the bipolar ignore/bash any and all minor party candidates.
As to sourcing of material who cares? Its the facts revealed that matter. This is not some whispered in the ear dark of night off the record hit job.