The difference between illegal leaks and inconvenient leaks
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The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks. Here’s why they happen.
The Justice Department promised on Friday a crackdown on leaks of classified government information to the press, with Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowing to triple the number of probes into leaks. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jeffrey Smith, former general counsel for the CIA, and The New York Times' James Risen about what constitutes a problematic leak and why they occur.
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The difference between illegal leaks and inconvenient leaks
Clip: 8/4/2017 | 7m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
The Justice Department promised on Friday a crackdown on leaks of classified government information to the press, with Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowing to triple the number of probes into leaks. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jeffrey Smith, former general counsel for the CIA, and The New York Times' James Risen about what constitutes a problematic leak and why they occur.
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