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According to Axios, Meadows has been going around telling several fellow White House aides about how hes trying to trace the perpetrators by feeding certain staffers information that might later end up in the news.
Multiple officials told Axios that the chief of staff has been unusually vocal about his tactics, in Axios words.
Meadows told me he was doing that, a former White House staffer told the news outlet. I dont know if it ever worked.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/anonymous-white-house-officials-leak-meadows-scheme-to-catch-leakers
That headline...
Yonnie3
(17,516 posts)popped into my mind as soon as I read your post. Leaks are hard to fix.
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_Hole_in_My_Bucket#Lyrics
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Is one of the few vibrant memories I have of my Dad. We lost him to cancer when he was 42 and I was 7.
I immediately heard his voice singing that little ditty.
Ironically, my Dad couldnt carry a tune in a bucket, but your post gave me a genuine, warm smile.
Thank-you.
A great moment among all the anxieties.
Thanks for sharing this.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Back atcha
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)there would be nothing to leak. And yes, the irony of the headline is sweet enough to put in your morning coffee.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,460 posts)Skraxx
(2,987 posts)I got something to tell you, but whatever you do, DO NOT tell the news media this giant scoop, ok?
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,898 posts)Flush some disinformation down the pipe and see where it comes out. That would be a great plan. I saw it in a movie. It just didn't work out so well in the end.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Yeah, I'd say the White House has a problem--but it's had this problem since January 2017. And thank god for that.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,051 posts)Now all he has to do is remember who he told.
Volaris
(10,281 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)so it will stop getting reported.
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)And to think Meadows gave up a career in congress for this.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The fact that they're so obsessed is a clue that the leaked information is accurate. And wouldn't it be shocking (not shocking) if one of the most prolific leakers turned out to be Mark Meadows?
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Trump is ruling over a house not his own.