Otherwise, there would be no point to all of the subpoenas.
No point is needed. State law requires reporting and Federal law is ambiguous. What WT has openly expressed at such like proceedings in the past is that they need to clarify the law. Obviously if the law did not protect confidentiality, there would be no legal grounds to do so. The point is that it is the law that protects abu$ers communication from being disclised to law enforcement and not the WT.