The contents of the article are irrelevant beyond the fact that SK says the recorder was damaged. I’m not asserting collusion, but they easily could have sabot

The contents of the article are irrelevant beyond the fact that SK says the recorder was damaged. I’m not asserting collusion, but they easily could have sabotaged it before sending it to the US. If the US finds sabotage on the recorder, it becomes a political decision whether to release this information against an ally. This is well within the realm of realpolitik international political brinksmanship, no tin foil hat required.