This story from The Independent is just chock full of tidbits. Behold …
First, the lede ...
Four people have been charged with leaking information from the Trump administration, the US attorney general announced on Friday, as he took an aggressive stand against the deluge of leaks that have plagued the first six months of the presidency.
Then …
Mr Sessions did not provide details of the four, besides confirming said they had been charged with unlawfully disclosing classified information or concealing contacts with foreign intelligence officers.
I wonder if that includes contacts with Russians. There are a bunch of folks, Sesssions included, that might fit that description.
“We will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country any longer.”
Guess it’s ok if known sources with security clearances sell us out.
Kellyanne Conway, a White House adviser, on Friday morning even raised the possibility of using lie detector tests to root out leakers.
"It's easier to figure out who's leaking than the leakers may realise," she said.
Asked on Fox News if lie detectors may be used, she replied: "Well, they may, they may not."
Wow is she crafty. And then this, which I haven’t seen mentioned, but seems to be further fodder for the Mueller investigation:
It was also reported on Friday that two Republicans on the House intelligence committee travelled to London earlier this summer to speak to Christopher Steele, the British former intelligence officer behind the controversial dossier detailing some of Mr Trump’s alleged activities in Russia.
The two politicians left their addresses at two London addresses connected to Mr Steele, who worked for intelligence firm Fusion GPS, and chanced upon Mr Steele at his lawyer’s office, while he was there.
The Americans, following instructions from Washington, did not meet the former spy.
But their attempts to track down Mr Steele – without informing their Democrat colleagues, the Senate or Mr Mueller – have infuriated Washington investigators hoping to get to the bottom of the story.
“What is clear is that the president and his allies are desperately trying to smear Fusion GPS because it investigated Donald Trump's ties to Russia,” said Tracy Schmaler, a representative for Fusion GPS, in a statement.
Wonder who those Repubs were …. Hell, I wonder who the four alleged leakers are!
I haven’t had this much fun since the Watergate hearings.