Sessions vows to crack down on leakers — and sends a warning to reporters
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed Friday to crack down on what he called a “staggering” number of leaks of classified information since Trump took office. He promised to step up criminal investigations of suspected leakers, and to review department guidelines governing media subpoenas, raising the prospect of a renewed effort by federal prosecutors to compel reporters to reveal their confidential sources.
“We are taking a stand. This culture of leaking must stop,” Sessions said at a Justice Department press conference where he was accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. While declining to discuss specific cases, he added: “It is important for the American people and those who might be thinking about leaking classified or sensitive information to know that criminals who would illegally use their access to sensitive information to endanger our national security are in fact being investigated and will be prosecuted.”
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