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The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that information was leaked prematurely regarding a recent foiled bomb plot and suggested the release might have been “promoted” for political gain.

“In this town, in a political season, people need to be a little more cautious â€" actually they need to be a lot more cautious â€" about how they promote this information at a time when it might not be most beneficial to the Intelligence Committee to do it,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) told CNN.

Rogers said he he’ll “be asking some pretty hard questions” about the timing of the released information, but when asked, refused to confirm his suspicions abou! t the motivation of the alleged leak.

“I just know that in a political season, funny things happen,” he added.

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