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Why this particular chain of custody?

Good question.

I'm of a mind this was an orchestrated leak. Perhaps by the administration. It was given to the House Intelligence committee as it notes. Not a newspaper.

If so, and I'm guessing, then it's about time the administration pressed back about those weapons. They let that "no weapons of mass destruction" go entirely too far.

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AYPK, Stephen Hayes said there is a big battle going on in the WH about releasing the already unclassified documents that have been translated. I wonder if this is as you suggest an orchestrated leak or a former analyst who is mad as hell and not going to take it any more.