> She pretty much outed herself though by using her own computer to mail the document to the intercept. I don't understand this point at all. Identifying ones

> She pretty much outed herself though by using her own computer to mail the document to the intercept. I don't understand this point at all. Identifying oneself as a source to a journalist is a critical and important part of being a whistleblower. The Intercept could never have published anything without some authentication of where it came from. You think you can just mail some documents anonymously and papers will run with it? I mean, maybe you could argue that in the case of specific kinds of documents that are self-authenticating, I guess. But in general, no, journalists need to know where stuff comes from. Ellsberg didn't hand over the Pentagon Papers anonymously, Deep Throat was known to Woodward & Bernstein, etc...