Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Days after President Trump again admonished his attorney general (via Twitter) to crack down on leaks, Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that the Justice Department has been doing just that. At a Department of Justice news conference alongside Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, Sessions said criminal referrals to his department alleging unauthorized disclosure of classified information have “exploded.” And to tackle the problem, he said the FBI is creating a beefed-up investigative team, while the department reviews existing policies to determine when or whether to…
Source: Real Clear Politics