Trump’s Crackdown On Leaks Unleashes “Paranoia”, More Leaks
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mar 3, 2017
There’s no denying at this point that the Trump administration is under full attack from career, liberal bureaucrats seeking his prompt demise. The level of leaks emanating from this administration is so unprecedented that it’s almost hard to keep up with them. In fact, less than two weeks ago we wrote a summary of “The 10 Biggest Leaks Of The Trump Presidency” which has already been rendered completely obsolete by the barrage of new leaks that have occurred since then.
Now, at least according to Reuters and a host of ‘anonymous sources’, the very same people who are waging a war against an administration for purposes of political retribution are concerned that the Trump administration is becoming overly “paranoid.” Shocking…perhaps they should just continue on as if nothing is happening?
Meanwhile, these same people suggest that Trump’s efforts to crack down on leakers, which allegedly includes checking cell phones and restricting access to classified servers, is only serving to harm work place efficiency (you know, because government was so efficient before).
President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.
Current and former officials said that in a departure from past practice, access to a classified computer system at the White House has been tightened by political appointees to prevent professional staffers from seeing memos being prepared for the new president.
And at the Department of Homeland Security, some officials told Reuters they fear a witch hunt is under way for the leaker of a draft intelligence report which found little evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries covered by Trump’s now-suspended travel ban pose a threat to the United States.
In perhaps the most trenchant effort to deter leaks, White House spokesman Sean Spicer demanded that some aides there surrender their phones so they could be checked for calls or texts to reporters, Politico reported on Sunday.
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