I haven't been following Edward Dowd much-- has he gotten a bunch of stuff wrong that he reports on? That's the metric I'd use to measure veracity. Lots of legitimate reasons a source wouldn't want to be made public.
It's a major bummer that it's like that these days. Opens the floodgates for bullshit artists and grifters like never before.
Burning a source is a good way to ensure you don't get more intel. If the source is good, they should be protected.
I haven't been following Edward Dowd much-- has he gotten a bunch of stuff wrong that he reports on? That's the metric I'd use to measure veracity. Lots of legitimate reasons a source wouldn't want to be made public.
It's a major bummer that it's like that these days. Opens the floodgates for bullshit artists and grifters like never before.