ABOUT THAT MEMO… Yes, the memo that CNN reported on and the memo that BuzzFeed later posted is salacious. The information is also mostly unverifiable. Many news organizations -- including POLITICO -- heard these allegations a few months back. We couldn’t get anywhere on them. Neither could the NYT, which wrote last night that “The Times has checked on a number of the details included in the memos but has been unable to substantiate them.”
http://nyti.ms/2iEVHZ8. The Post said, “Dossiers compiled by the former British intelligence official have been circulating in Washington for months. Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, have been attempting to confirm many of the specific allegations without success.”
http://wapo.st/2iinwbU More than half a dozen reporters were involved in POLITICO’s attempts to confirm some of the information, and we got nowhere. CNN’s story
http://cnn.it/2j74Tsw … BuzzFeed’s story
http://bzfd.it/2jiaKIN