IT'S ABOUT TIME – AT 2:15 P.M. ET:  The leak problem in Washington is critical.  Leaks are illegal in most cases, but occur all the time.  They endanger the proper functioning of government, and can put lives at risk.  They often are politically, not patriotically, motivated.  At least some action is being taken, but not enough.  From the Washington Examiner: 

Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., wouldn't say Saturday whether the House Oversight Committee is going to call former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes to testify about potentially playing a role in the leaks from the Trump administration of classified information to reporters.

During an interview with MSNBC's Hugh Hewitt, DeSantis admitted he's spoken to his committee's chairman, Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, about it, and while he would defer to Gowdy to identify people of interest, he did say the panel has brought in some "big names." 

"They're doing a lot more than what the press knows in terms of some of the people they have brought in," DeSantis said. "They've brought in some big names that I'm not authorized to say."

Hewitt had asked DeSantis about Rhodes in particular because of an interview he did recently with the Washington Free Beacon in which he accused Rhodes of being a primary source of the leaks causing harm to the Trump administration and called on Trump to remove all Obama official holdovers from his administration.

DeSantis further explained to Hewitt that Rhodes may be in contact with Obama holdovers in the National Security Council, who are behind the "selective leaking" hurting Trump's ability to conduct foreign policy.

COMMENT:  Ben Rhodes is the guy who bragged that he set up a kind of false narrative in selling the Iran nuclear deal.  Not exactly Mr. Integrity.

DeSantis is a terrific guy, and he's right.  Trump must purge his administration of all Obama holdovers.  They are loyal to Obama.

And the leakers must be named and prosecuted.  This isn't funny anymore.  You get this drip drip, day after day, and it's making government impossible.

July 15, 2017