Nor did she or her staff leak the existence of the letter to The Intercept. After our story, she turned it over to the FBI, which placed it in his background file, which meant that it became widely available and soon after it was leaked to CNN
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Would love to know who did then? If it’s a former Feinstein staffer who works at a different political shop now, this can be both technically true and misleading.
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I’m not being cute.
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Care to characterize the source?
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Here’s how the sources were characterized in the story: https://static.theintercept.com/amp/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-dianne-feinstein.html …
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I've thought it was the GOP to make the Democrats look bad.
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Lmfao. And the Democrats couldn’t stop themselves??? LMFAOROF
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Sounds like maybe
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Wasn't it the WH that leaked it; when the FBI sent them a report after 'completing' a review of kavanaugh upon receiving a redacted copy of Dr Ford's letter?
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That wld make her story incorrect. She said she went through with Emma Brown because of reporters showing up. It was leaked before any of them had access. WH did not have letter even
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Once it was in the FBI file, the WH had access to it. Who does the FBI do the background checks for? The WH, right?? Don't you think it makes sense if it was put in his FBI file, the WH had access to it??
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No senator Feinstein just released a statement that she gave it to the FBI “after” it leaked.... so either Congresswoman
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I googled "when did Sen Feinstein give anonymous letter to FBI." The answer was Sept. 14. The Washington Post story appeared on September 16.
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I agree with you. I bet the White House leaked it. They have so many leakers it’s ridiculous
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I don’t think it was Feinstein. Trump is known to either leak or have people leak info about him good or bad. I think he thought it’d be a good move to leak this info and get a public opinion on it and move with that. My opinion anyway
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process question... is it typically kosher to announce who wasn't a source? does that risk helping to determine the actual source via process of elimination, or via a future refusal to make a similar declaration when someone asks about the actual source?
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i.e. the reasons for the "neither confirm nor deny" stance
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It is not standard practice but this is an extraordinary situation (and a plain reading of the story would make the tweet redundant anyway).
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gotcha
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