Having the url point to an utterly huge file instead of a landing page can cause problems for some people. The default behavior on my phone in chrome, for example, is to start downloading in the background.
The problem in this instance is that there is no 'landing page', it's just there on Cryptome in a big list of pages and other downloads. The real issue is Cryptome's spartan UX gives no easy way to handle this, it's either link to the home page with no context, or link to the file directly.
(realistically, if you were on a desktop browser you would mouse over the url and notice it was linked to something stupid, but not on a touchscreen device)