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Interview by ben smith. ben, allie worked for you at buzz feed. she was working on a number of sensitive stories. what was the story that got us to this point? >> well, thats actually one of the really remarkable and strange elements of this indictment. its for lying to the fbi. story is a great story which nobody has challenged a word or a comma of, about contacts between carter page, the trump adviser, and a couple of those agents and russian intelligence. if you read -- i think people who are...

That the american oil executive and his unusual behavior. you read it and think that might be carter page in fact if you were to read it. the other source in the story is carter page saying, yes, that was me. >> youre saying why did the government go hunting after a leaker when page admitted he was this person? >> i dont understand why they would be going hunting for a leaker. why should this be an emergency and keep it from the american people. >> this story was a couple of years at this point....

Arrested, james wolfe. he denies that he gave any reporter any classified information and watkins also denies that wolfe fr gave him classified information but watkins and wolfe were in a romantic relationship for several years. thats part of the complication here. she said she disclosed that relationship to her employer, first buzz feed and politico, but it makes it a messier story. but lets take that to the side for a moment. the spectacle for a moment to the side and focus on the substance. w...