Tapper - “I think your move makes the story less serious and credible[.] I think you damaged its impact.” As long as this “dossier” was not public it could be considered as “serious” and “credible.” I am retired from DIA and have seen thousands of classified documents. I recognized this “dossier” as a fraud on the first page. Although it was not an official government document, it was produced by someone who supposedly worked in intel. There is no classification “Confidential/Sensitive Source.” It would be higher than Top Secret certainly since the “sensitive source” was supposedly close to the head of state. If it was real someone would be paying with their life.
I’m glad you and other FR posters understand the story. When I first saw the title I thought it might mean Tapper was castigating Smith for trying to smear Trump. Nope. Smith was “stepping on” Tapper’s d!ck by revealing the truth (not necessarily willingly — court ruling). I hope we see more establishment d!icks stepped on.