.MaddowBlog: On alleged bounties, White House targets leakers, not Russia
The Trump administration has opened an internal investigation to try to uncover who leaked intelligence about Russians paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers. The administration maintains the story is overcooked and the leaks cherry-picked despite a steady stream of follow-ups from media outlets across the globe. The administration has interviewed people with access to the intelligence, and believes it has narrowed down the universe of suspects to fewer than 10 people.
As the report noted, there have been similar probes along these lines -- remember the hunt for the anonymous author of? -- that didn't amount to much. That said, Politico added that Team Trump"seems a bit more worked up about these leaks, due to the highly classified nature of the intelligence." There are a few relevant angles to this. Right off the bat, it's worth emphasizing by Donald Trump's reasoning, there are no leakers to uncover because,last week, the entire story was"made up" by journalists as part of an elaborate conspiracy to"damage" his re-election campaign and his party. The"secret source" behind the reporting, Trump added,"probably does not even exist, just like the story itself.
If Trump were right, then why would the White House seek out a leaker who doesn't exist? How could officials"narrow down the universe of suspects to fewer than 10 people" if the underlying claim was manufactured by nefarious reporters? It would seem the investigation itself debunks the president's claims.
What's more, while it's not surprising that the White House would want to identify those responsible for sharing sensitive information with the press, Trump
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