Quote:You know what criminals do when they are caught?  They try to change the subject.  They start talking about their rights being violated.   They didn't get their Miranda rights.  It was an illegal search.  They were treated unfairly.   

 

So now, Trump and the people around him are trying to act like even though people like Flynn were caught talking to the Russian Ambassador, and even though his people have been under FBI investigation since last June, the real story is that it was leaked to the press.  As if the original offense is somehow negated by the fact that they were allegedly treated unfairly.   The big story, according to them, isn't what was leaked, the big story is that it was leaked. 

 

So, in answer to your question, if something was disseminated across the intelligence community, why?  I have no idea.  The whole question of leaks is an interesting sideshow, and the issue has a certain amount of merit, but let's be honest.  It's just an attempt to change the subject. 

 

"I don't want to talk about whether I robbed that bank.  I want to talk about how my Constitutional rights were violated."