Not really. In an open society, courts and government bodies will sometimes have to make private things public if there's a compelling public-interest reason f

Not really. In an open society, courts and government bodies will sometimes have to make private things public if there's a compelling public-interest reason for doing so. That's needed for public oversight, and all that can be asked is that reasonable actions are taken to minimize any private harm. In this case, the email was redacted to hide the identity of its author, so I don't there's any real problem with making it public.