imho, Watkins et al verify overtly to a certain degree without getting into the details of the connections & process—understandably—to protect the connections & process from being hacked.
“Q” using another outlet besides “Watkins et al” would lend them additional credibility. Q has followed Brennan/Watkins et al from 4chan to 8chan to 8kun...opens the obvious question JW/RW = Q?