That's a serious accusation.
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It can be very harmful w/o proper process.
Those holes were filled by a NYT story that followed:
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So much so that the CNN story probably needs to be retracted.
That doesn't fit with the theory that Trump's handling was responsible.
It also isn't clear how the information Trump revealed in the May meeting (which CNN pointed to) would have affected the source.
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