Yes and no. In the context of Assange&#x27;s goals, NSA involvement is very interesting.<p>To Wikileaks, the credible threat of future leaking is probably more important than the single leak of past infractions, because the threat impedes the flow of internal communications, which makes an &quot;unjust&quot; organization&#x27;s internal &quot;thought processes&quot; more costly and less efficient.<p>Proven NSA involvement basically means there&#x27;s no cheap way to keep high stakes secrets safe from leaking. The NSA has the bigger budget and better technology, so you can&#x27;t defend against this path of leaking. <i>Yet NSA leaks too</i>, so it seems NSA can&#x27;t defend themselves, either.<p>Taken together, this says <i>nobody</i> can defend against leaking: That&#x27;s Wikileaks&#x27; most favored state of affairs.