Earlier this week, we pointed out that many in the press had fallen for CIA Director John Brennan‘s „non-denial denial“ over Senator Dianne Feinstein‘s accusations that the CIA had improperly searched the network over Senate Intelligence Committee staffers who were researching the CIA‘s torture program. Even more incredibly, later that same day, Brennan released the letter he had written Feinstein back in January, which actually confirms basically everything she said.

So why is it that reporters at places like Reuters are still claiming the following: