If you have a copy of a signed White House confidentiality agreement, or have signed one, or have seen one with your own eyes, please be in touch with me.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-nondisclosure-agreements-came-with-him-to-the-white-house/2018/03/18/226f4522-29ee-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.dad061bd690e …
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From way back during the campaign, here was my and
@RosieGray's reporting on the NDA that — of all people — Sam Nunberg signed with Trump:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/here-is-the-confidentiality-agreement-signed-by-a-former-tru?utm_term=.ollq9lNzO#.ycrobKPM7 …Show this thread -
This past September, meanwhile, I reported on ongoing White House efforts to address leaks — by reporting on a leaked anti-leaking memo.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/trump-administration-launches-broad-new-anti-leak-program?utm_term=.ni4BN4JoX#.cdpLObXrg …
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Anyway, the point being, if you've signed one of these or seen one, you should talk with me. Thanks.
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As Ruth's story makes clear: These are almost certainly unenforceable. That doesn't mean they don't have a chilling effect on staffers/former staffers who might not want to deal with the threat of a lawsuit, even if it might ultimately come out in their favor.
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And, obviously, the fact that they're almost certainly unenforceable is a separate question from whether they're appropriate.
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Walter Shaub, former OGE head, goes into more about all this in this thread — with some very interesting legal questions — and this conclusion: "I keep thinking they can't surprise me any more or sink any lower, but they keep finding new ways to surprise and sink lower." https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/975474532562718721 …
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This tweet from Michael Hayden makes me think of another point. This is yet another story in which Don McGahn's White House Counsel's Office played a key role in a questionable-at-best decision, per
@RuthMarcus' reporting,https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/975499864749625344 …Show this thread
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Used to get together and ignore these, as a group. Always verbally, never in writing. Fax machines used to be a terrific way to send anonymous information. Probably not any longer.
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Does this include asking for a date?
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wouldn't Omaosa, Gorka, Bannon, etc., all be hit with lawsuits by now if there were NDA's?
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