Why does the specific think tank matter? All that naming them would do is erode their credibility which could easily be the initial apt objective anyway if the

Why does the specific think tank matter? All that naming them would do is erode their credibility which could easily be the initial apt objective anyway if the think tank is advancing potentially inconvenient policies. The problem is the attack and reading between the lines of the report the problem is probably a mix of blackmail and trying to gain access to whatever the think-tank knows or is debating (maybe to prepare in advance should their ideas become mainstream) since these are the sorts of people who probably won't have trouble trying to prove who they are after the initial compromise.