ExposingThe "Deep Staters"

The reason we have a seemingly endless amount of leaks from the federal bureaucracy, including the White House, is because of the perceived invulnerability of those very bureaucrats.  They are certainly aware that exposure for their leaking of government information to outside sources  (including secret information) can get them fired from their jobs, if not prosecuted legally, yet they continue to do so, with apparent impunity, because they believe that uncovering their identity is next to impossible!

The recent controversy over the President's phone call to the President of the Ukraine, could be a useful game changer, in countering the "Deep State's" over-confidence.  It was recently revealed that some 25, or so, people are designated to listen in on the conversations of the President's phone calls, for whatever reason, (assumedly, for corroboration purposes, in case of mistaken points in the conversations).  If this is true, then those 25, or so, people can be identified, and investigated for this breach of security, which may not have involved secret information, but is none the less illegal!   I think the use of  lie detectors would be appropriate, even if they are not 100% accurate, because if they are not helpful in determining the guilty leaker, or leakers, they would at least demonstrate a serious intent to find the leakers, by the investigators!   This would, at least, put future potential leakers on notice that the investigators are serious about tracking down the perpetrators, for whatever punishment is deemed appropriate!!!

It was reported on FOX NEWS, recently, that President Truman created the C.I.A ., from the original O.S.S. service, that was so helpful in digging up intelligence from the enemy, during World War II.  He later lamented that his creation had morphed into an unruly bureaucracy of pseudo-government power-brokers, that went way beyond his intentions!   (That sounds like the "birth of the 'Deep State', to me, at a time when paranoia of International Communist infiltration was rampant!!!)

 I presume that our intelligence agencies are much more effective today, than they were back then, and it's time the bureaucrats were put on notice that their investigator's best efforts are going to be used to discover the leakers, whenever they are suspected!!!  This will either help in the detection of the leakers, or, at least it will create a more healthy paranoia within the bureaucracies, that leaking is not going to be tolerated any more!!!

I would have to say it is way past time to develop this kind of intolerance for this outrageous behavior!!!