Farkas' use of the term "people on the hill" refers to Congressional staff which numbers into the tens of thousands, some of which have press contacts and are the source of leaks. Once the materials fell into their hands, many partisan staffers then became armchair counter-intelligence sleuths, combing through the leaked material, feeding their [[mainstream media|mainstream]] sources with their latest pet theories on Donald Trump being in the pay of the [[KGB]], and taking to [[Twitter]] threads with extended narratives documenting their speculation. | Farkas' use of the term "people on the hill" refers to Congressional staff which numbers into the tens of thousands, some of which have press contacts and are the source of leaks. Once the materials fell into their hands, many partisan staffers then became armchair counter-intelligence sleuths, combing through the leaked material, feeding their [[mainstream media|mainstream]] sources with their latest pet theories on Donald Trump being in the pay of the [[KGB]], and taking to [[Twitter]] threads with extended narratives documenting their speculation. |