jcjeant,
I disagree. I'm OK with the BEA policy, here.
If a full transcription was officially released, the "doubters" would then ask for the audio. If the audio was released, the "serious doubters" would then ask if the audio hasn't been modified...
That's a confidence issue. If you don't trust the BEA (or the NTSB, which does just the same (*)), then you won't thrust anything it releases...
(*) expect UA93, but that's another story, with FBI implicated
"The families of passengers need also respect and have right to know" => I agree with that.
"Releasing fragments of information is a lack of respect for the victims families" => define "fragments of information", please.
To my eyes, informations which explain the accident is enough (and whole, once the final report is done). And it's not fragmental, regarding the inquiry/accident. Calling it so is not really "fair"...