.@JeffreyGoldberg on CNN says his senior admin & military sources...apparently combat veterans and career senior military officers... refused to be named because "they don't want to be inundated with angry tweets and all the rest."
— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) September 4, 2020
"The subjects were granted anonymity because, like, some randos might get mad them," is an interesting approach. And no I don't think THE IMPACT of such a story is affected by this.