[cynicom]

There is a precedent for this. I believe it was Abe Fortas that use to make late nite visits to the Whitehouse to "leak" to LBJ.

[smoothsailing]

There is a precedent for this.

Not much.It would be a closer "precedent" if Abe Fortas was "leaking" to the Washington Post in an attempt to undermine national security and harm the Johnson administraton.