[Sooth2222]

"The source of the story is in the first line of the original story, called “senior American officials”.

"Never heard that one, before."

Yeah, I'm 65 years old and even subscribed to the NYT before I knew any better. I have never heard them refer to sources as "senior American officials" before.

[RitaOK]

Thanks for the confirmation. The word of the day— “confirmation”. Ha! (I appreciate it.)