Instead of fighting Assange about releasing the material, it should be pointed out that not only is Assange using the Wikileaks platform in a
personal vendetta against Hillary Clinton, he’s doing so with information that may have been altered and is therefore not trustworthy. First rule of
real journalism: Make sure your sources can be trusted.
More: Russian Hackers Altered Emails Before Release to Wikileaks
In other words, there is no way to verify that these emails have not been distorted or doctored to support Putin and Assange's political agenda to influence the upcoming U.S. General Election for president against Hillary Clinton.