Circulated, parts of government including the cybersecurity agency within the department of homeland security were batting down these rumors. they even had a page that was called rumor control where they were disputing and providing factual information shooting down these conspiracy theories. so there were official parts of government that were definitively saying in addition to the reporting that evan just provided where the dni himself, who was trump's apointed dni, was advising mr. clark that these reports that he was believing were not true. so it's obviously very concerning and indicative...