Why was it leaked?
There may have been a manager who was part of the star chamber, who recently left the company under a "dark cloud". Perhaps, he kept his own records, and they accidentally fell into the wrong hands after he left HKG. That would have to be a bit of a worry for Management.. "what other secret documents are out there!" etc.
The size and general composition of the list has been known for years.
Maybe a few of the guys who recently received a copy of "you are on the hit list" were surprised. However, most were not. Any good member in the period 99-01 was on the list. If your name was missing, then you are part of the reason we failed, because you were not trying hard enough. If you left the union during or after this period then shame on you.
It is rumoured that the list of 49'ers was distributed around various airlines as a warning/request to not hire. Posting the actual and potential victims on a internet public forum years on, only serves to victimise these individuals yet again. You post the victims names in public, but fail to post the names of the "star chamber".
We should focus on issues such as who the star chamber were in 2001 and who remain with "blood on their hands"?