Yes, but did organizations connected to him? Did he or wifey get a "salary" from the orgs?
I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one."
Well not him, personally. Plausible deniability is the name of the game.
I'd expect scare quotes from the "respected" Independent, whose "war correspondent" Fisk may be "anxious" about some "files."