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Acquired

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Is It True That the Saudis Hacked His Phone?

CNN's David McKenzie goes behind the scenes of this story and sources. What was it like reporting that you were a koind to going behind the scenes? You're a journalist yourself. You have sources. Yo, obviously, you know the sanctity of sources, and you're trying to report on this meanwhile there's all sorts of legal ramifications here. People could be going to jail. Like, what was that like? David, i'm not going to lie, i'm writing about deals. We're writing about business people who tend to be scripted and disciplined and boring. And so to write about explicit selfies and soddy agents and hacks and tabloid journalists and double crossing, sibling betrayal.

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