Your post 17 makes no mention of how he was “inpedendantly” protected. It only refers to not being able to go after him because of the illegality of information sharing. Maybe provide link to full article if you have it.
Sorry do not have the link - search newsmax perhaps. That he is protected is plain in the language used. One does not need to spell these thing out. You would never find any document to that effect - not ever. Meaning is all in the language and in who is speaking and who is listening.