[jessaustin]

The journalist, editor, or their lawyer might need something genuine to be comfortable publishing. If that journalist and editor have a good reputation, however, the general public shouldn't need that. "The Intercept" may not have that good reputation? They seem at least as trustworthy as the typical USA war media firm to me.

[eru]

Yes. But in that scenario, what's the value added compared to the journalist just publishing a transcript?