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This is why any reputable journalist/leaker takes the information and reproduces it prior to any dissemination (hopefully destroying the original source material).

Wouldn’t the “leakee” then be able to say you just made it up?

Yes. But they'll say that anyway, even if you publish the document in full. This is why a trusted free press matters, and why authoritarians work so hard to undermine it.

A trusted and free press huh. In what works of fiction can I read about those?

Any historical text covering media ownership rules in the US prior to the mid 90’s would cover it.

If it must be fictional, try the original superman.

Fox News is mostly fictional stories about the free press.

And this is why the media often can't actually show the original sources.

See how the Intercept absolutely screwed Reality Winner

They could use typos in different words, though, right?

Or synonyms, or alternate grammar that’s functionally equivalent. Lots of better ways that are completely concealed, unless you see multiple drafts.

Not if the papers printed photos of the docs.