State Dept. memo — on dangers of leaks — leaks to media

The Hill ^ | February 24, 2017 | Max Greenwood

[granada]

A State Department memo spotlighting the threat of leaks by department employees was leaked to The Washington Post, the newspaper reported Friday.

The memo, which is authored by acting State Department legal adviser Richard Visek and intended for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, reportedly details Tillerson’s authority to protect certain privileged information and presents a case against leaks.

“When such information is leaked … It chills the willingness of senior government officials to seek robust and candid advice, which ultimately is to the detriment of informed policymaking and the reputation of the institution from which the leak emanated,” the Post quoted the memo as saying.

[granada]

Liberal media try to make Trump government a laughing stock

[DaveA37]

The leak memo got leaked before the ink was dry. Guess Trump has a good idea where to start draining the swamp over there too.

[KyCats]

Looks to me like it’s going to be impossible to pinpoint all the leaks. The better approach would probably be to identify the people who for sure aren’t leaking then fire all the rest.

[Red Badger]

What you do is make examples of a few high profile leakers with long prison sentences and fines, then the rest will STFU................

[MNDude]

As is someone in the state department is trying to make them a laughing stock.

Just a matter of time until the leakers are caught.

[9YearLurker]

This sounds like exactly the sort of memo that attorneys would devise to try to catch leakers—it is written for the media, and on the subject of the harm of leaks.

[grania]

Appointed 10/14/2016.....an Obama appointee just before the election. Wouldn't that make him a real good candidate to be the leaker?

If so, lock him up!

[Pollster1]

They need to track down these leakers, fire them, put them in prison, and make sure they are permanently unemployable.

[grobdriver]

“When such information is leaked … It chills the willingness of senior government officials to seek robust and candid advice, which ultimately is to the detriment of informed policymaking and the reputation of the institution from which the leak emanated,”

Keep your damned mouth shut or I will find you, and eviscerate you on the quarter deck, and hang your body from the mainmast truck. Are we clear?

[Uncle Miltie]

Smoke ‘em out.

This memo is probably the mechanism.

[DaveA37]

“The better approach would probably be to identify the people who for sure aren’t leaking then fire all the rest”........

Public hanging is the only real deterrent to those who be “leakers”. Even then, there would be those who would attempt to divulge information.