Good point, I almost forgot about those.
Whether he’s holding back messages merely as life insurance, or holding them back to negotiate a deal for himself, it seems he must be holding some back, and logically they would be the most damning ones to be useful in either case.
People who know Assange say he is very smart.
Those hot emails are his insurance policy. Once they’re released he knows he’s a dead man.
Bottom line: the emails are very damning and they won’t be released while Assange is still alive. Maybe never.
p.s. Our government will go to great lengths to make sure they are never released. The elites are afraid their contents will bring down our government.