The State Department legal office prepared a four-page memo for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warning of the dangers of leaking by State Department employees. State Department officials unhappy with a policy have many perfectly good alternatives to leaking, the memo argues. State Department acting spokesperson Mark Toner told me that as a matter of policy the State Department will not discuss the contents of an internal memo that was not intended for publication. “There’s so much that’s not being communicated inside the building and it’s a huge problem that effects everybody,” one career State Department official said. Most State Department officials would prefer to influence policy through the proper channels, if that is an option.

Source: Washington Post February 24, 2017 12:14 UTC