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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Pompeo (CIA) was almost certainly one of the leakers to the WaPo
1. He was in a position to know
2. His primary job is running government's foreign intelligence operations and maintaining the necessary relationships therein=strong motive
3. We know Erick Erickson considers one of the leakers to be strongly pro-Trump, credible, serious, and competent.
http://theresurgent.com/i-know-one-of-the-sources/
4. Erick Erickson does not have a favorable opinion of Mike Pence, the other logical candidate for a leaker.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/erick-erickson-mike-pence-trump-225370
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)I believe it definitely was someone in the CIA. They do not want Trump ruining their relationship with other nations/sources and threatening the lives of people in the CIA or their assets.
The CIA did this to punish Trump so he doesn't do it again.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Even if they privately supported him, no one at the agency would have been public about such sentiments.
Only other one remotely plausible, imo, is Reince Priebus
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)because he is tired of having to put out dumpster fires every day. For example, that story where he wrote a memo asking that he vet all news stories before they are out on Trump's desk.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Which makes the White House urgency about finding the leaker more than a little amusing.