And the reason @wikileaks published is because the original file was in a format that was not easily accessible to informants but would be to those that posed a risk to them, internet talk suggested the risk was increasing so they published so that the informants could be aware.
Here is #Assange attempting to warn the US that they haven’t released the docs but someone else has:
Here's a copy of how the passwords were published: 
@wikileaks Here is Australian investigative journalist Mark Davis who was with #Assange during the NYT, Guardian, et al collaboration describing how it was #Assange who was concerned about redacting names not the other journalists.
@wikileaks Quick summary of key Mark Davis comment (to save watching the hole video speech (though I recommend it keeping in mind that Davis had also fell for the smear campaign). From @SomersetBean:
@wikileaks @SomersetBean whole not hole <doh>
@wikileaks @SomersetBean I'll add this from the legal team again pointing out that it was #Assange not other journalists who took extra measure in an attempt to reduce potential harm:
