It reminds me of the difference between Snowden and Assange. Snowden gave his material to a select group of journalists who carefully wrote articles and curated the information to be released whereas Assange would just publish the raw material.
Snowden was also pretty careless in how he handled the stolen data. Both Russia and China have obtained and decrypted the files, putting American and allied spies and agents at personal risk. It is unclear if Snowden enabled this, or simply underestimated how big of an espionage target he and the journalists would become.
