This is huge. Maybe their implementation will take off and maybe it won't, but either way this is a tacit admission by the WSJ that the WikiLeaks model will be

This is huge. Maybe their implementation will take off and maybe it won't, but either way this is a tacit admission by the WSJ that the WikiLeaks model will be a serious part of what it means to commit journalism going forward. All of the lawyerly caveats have to be taken in context of that you have a major US media organization now following in the footsteps of a widely disparaged and isolated vigilante organization. This is just standard CYA protocol.