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  • Trump Seems Powerless to Stop Leaks

    Callum Borchers, The Washington Post|Jun 1, 2017

    A few weeks after Inauguration Day, White House policy adviser Stephen Miller declared on national television that “the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.” Three months later, it is increasingly clear that the powers of the president to stop leaks are rather unsubstantial and will be questioned almost daily. The Washington Post reported Friday - based on information from U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports - that President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushn...

  • The Remarkable Inconsistency of Trump's Attacks on the Media

    Callum Borchers, The Washington Post|Mar 2, 2017

    President Donald Trump just can’t get his story straight. At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, he accused the news media of widespread fabrication, claiming without evidence that “they have no sources; they just make ‘em up when there are none.” It is a charge Trump has leveled before. Yet it is wholly incompatible with his assertions, at other times (or on the same day), that U.S. intelligence officials are leaking classified information to reporters - and must be ferreted out. Friday morning, he tweeted: “The FBI is tota...