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Intelligence community still struggling with leaks

J.J. Green, WTOP national security correspondent

Analysis: The $6 billion fault line; the first crack in the US-Iran deal is already showing

The shooting may have stopped, but the arguing has already begun. One of the most closely watched provisions of the emerging U.S.-Iran agreement — a reported plan to release roughly $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil revenues — is exposing what may become the first major test of whether the broader deal can survive. At first glance, the dispute appears technical. It involves money that already belongs to Iran, funds generated from oil sales that were frozen overseas under sanctions.
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