However, when elements of a story come together in a certain way as to objectively point towards the reality of a situation, it ceases to be some conspiracy notion and moves into the realm of requiring reasonable, objective investigation.

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Whether the verification process undertaken is reasonable will be an objective determination, based on a facts-and-circumstances test.

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