Beckel hasn’t thought this one through. In Dickens’ “Bleak House”, Lady Dedlock’s secret was likely safe as long as Turkington was alive, when he was killed, everything was in play and out in the open and she was ultimately driven away.
I am sure that Assange has worked out plans for total release from disparate sources if he doesn’t stay on the deadman’s switch.
Even as ruthless and evil as the dim hierarchy is, even they may have to think twice because of whatever deadman switch is out there.
There are probably a stack of plans all ready to go if they see that they can get away with it.
That is probably one of the surest bets in the world today.