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Proof: Patel pushed on lower hiring standards at FBI, Olympic celebration

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210339a978f21b8170da61d8805683d3fc4ba016b06eb15f3a14ee7bac7f4630

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-210339a978f2.json prints 210339a978f21b8170da61d8805683d3fc4ba016b06eb15f3a14ee7bac7f4630. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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