But what if you are holding one of Assange's data dumps and find out that another was "shot while escaping"?
Do you stand firm?
Release the data now and hope that they were interested in prevention rather than revenge?
Hunker down and hope your release day comes before you get a midnight knock on the door with a battering ram?
Leave your servers online ready to release the data automatically while you go on the lam?
Delete everything and confess your "sins"?
How much redundancy is there if some of the holders break?