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So let's call it what is, a lack of transparency and incomplete information. Few news items are complete in themselves.

So let's call it what is, a lack of transparency and incomplete information. Few news items are complete in themselves.

"Leaking" actually serves a vital purpose, yet can also be damaging. We really need a good article on [[Leak]]s, present both sides throughout its history. How it serves a vital purpose in informing the public and Congress on what the Executive Branch is doing, while also risky to national security or unnecessarily damaging to public perceptions simply out of partisanship.

"Leaking" actually serves a vital purpose, yet can also be damaging. We really need a good article on [[Leak]]s, present both sides throughout its history. How it serves a vital purpose in informing the public and Congress on what the Executive Branch is doing, while it can also be abused, risky to national security, or unnecessarily damaging to public perceptions simply out of partisanship.

Leaking is a game played in Washington that public doesn't really understand. While a journalists job is to secure leaks and a flow of information to meet publishing deadlines, his source risks their job and prison time to do it, in theory. But here we see powerful people, agency and department heads (even presidents) quoted anonymously in effort to control the narrative and shape public opinion.

Leaking is a game played in Washington that public doesn't really understand. While a journalists job is to secure leaks and a flow of information to meet publishing deadlines, his source risks their job and prison time to do it, in theory. But here we see powerful people, agency and department heads (even presidents) quoted anonymously in effort to control the narrative and shape public opinion.