Okay, all together now, let's spell...
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Last of the article:
In the meantime, C.I.A. analysts reviewed the proposal and concluded in a classified report this fall that allowing the Russian monitor stations here would raise counterintelligence and other security issues. The State Department does not think that is a strong argument, said an administration official. “It doesn’t see them as a threat.”
Is that sorta like the threat they didn't see in Ben Gazi? Duh!