He was acting on behalf of a bona fide investigative journalist and his journey was paid for by The Guardian. That should be enough to afford him the same prote

He was acting on behalf of a bona fide investigative journalist and his journey was paid for by The Guardian. That should be enough to afford him the same protection as a journalist. What if he had not been the partner of GG, but instead just your average joe paid courier being paid for the delivery of primary source evidence to be used by the staff of the news organization? Would the contents of the package not enjoy the same protection that it would were it being carried by one of the new organization's journalists?