From FOX News:
Lock up the leakers? Sessions to unveil crackdown, as Kelly gets White House staff in line
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to announce a major crackdown on leakers this week, in the latest sign the administration is pushing to run a tighter ship as John Kelly seizes the reins as White House chief of staff.
One of the first tasks facing the retired general and former Homeland Security boss will be plugging the leaks at the White House that his predecessor struggled to stanch.
"If Reince [Priebus] couldn't control those leaks ... then he was the one who was ultimately responsible, and General Kelly was brought in to make sure those leaks do not continue," former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday.
So what is the problem with a leak now and then? From this July 6th, 2017 FOX News report:
Senate report: 'Avalanche' of media leaks hurting national security
The Trump administration is facing an "alarming" and "unprecedented" cascade of media leaks that pose a potential danger to national security, according to a Senate report released Thursday.
The Republican-authored report, which estimated the administration has dealt with roughly one leak per day, was sent to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The authors urged law enforcement officials to step up their investigation of leaks exposing potentially sensitive information.
The July 6th, 2017 report can be found here (PDF file): State Secrets: How an Avalanche of Media Leaks is Harming National Security
A sobering read with lots of links to corroborating data - these people need to be stopped. Have a couple of very public examples.
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