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by Merman_Mike 1971 days ago
> [...] due to their mistakes in protecting sources.

This is plainly false.

Neither of them worked directly on the Reality Winner story, especially including handling the leaked material.

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"they" = The Intercept

My statement was pretty bad, since it is very simplified and can be misunderstood (since the "they" is ambiguous). I posted the relevant links below, these explain the whole story way better.

Oops, sorry. I didn't even notice that it can be read that way too.
It's also plainly true depending who "they" are in "their mistakes".