 So with all the interviews in the can, now there was a whole other side to the question of how to protect interviewees. The story. Identifying people in the story was chancy. Mary says there were a few levels of protection they could provide. The first, change names. Second, remove telling details. Details that might identify someone like where they live or their job. Mary realized in most cases that might be enough, but in this situation, an additional step was necessary.