Article said he worked for both Dems and Republicans, so I'm assuming he was supposed to be an unbiased government employee who performed functions for the whole committee. Unfortunately for him...he chose to compromise his morals and ethics to feed info to a young chick he was banging.
reply to Presbyterian Reporter re 10,000 communications:
8 Jun: Philadelphia Inquirer: Temple grad Ali Watkins, a New York Times reporter, at center of debate over press freedom and government leaks
by Michael Boren; Staff writers Joseph A. Gambardello, William Bender and Robert Moran contributed to this article
Who is Watkins, and why are authorities interested in her?...
Watkins, who interned at the Philadelphia Daily News in spring 2013, started a personal relationship with Wolfe sometime around December 2013 when she was a Temple intern working with the McLatchy-Tribune news service, according to a federal indictment. The relationship continued after she graduated in 2014 until last December, when she joined the Times, the indictment said. Before joining the Times, Watkins had also worked at the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Politico...
Its indictment, which identifies Watkins as Reporter #2, says she published dozens of news articles about the committee and its activities, and that she and Wolfe ***“exchanged tens of thousands of electronic communications, often, including daily texts and phone calls.” The two, the indictment added, frequently met in person, including at restaurants and her apartment...
The Times said Watkins told the newspaper about the relationship when it hired her. She also had disclosed the relationship to BuzzFeed and Politico editors...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/554269ali-watkins-new-york-times-reporter-phone-email-justice-department-leaks-temple-20180607.html