> To only be willing to speak to him if he relays quotes from someone else is quite unusual True, but extraordinary claims do call for some reference. Asking

> To only be willing to speak to him if he relays quotes from someone else is quite unusual True, but extraordinary claims do call for some reference. Asking for references is doesn't ipso facto show an unwillingness to speak. The one making the claim can be reasonably expected to have more ready access to the sources of information than the one newly surprised by the claim, having already done some of the homework. (Perhaps extensively!)