How Not to Leak

For months, the Trump administration has been plagued by leaks. And for months, it has vowed to track down and punish those who are responsible. This week, it made good on that promise, with the arrest of 25-year old NSA contractor Reality Winner, charged with leaking documents to a news outlet. The outlet was quickly revealed to be The Intercept, which, on the same day that Winner's arrest was announced, published a story based on a leaked NSA document about alleged attempts by Russian spies to hack into US voting infrastructure. According to the government's affidavit, Winner's identification and arrest was made possible largely thanks to mistakes made by The Intercept.

Brooke talks to surveillance and privacy expert Barton Gellman, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, about what exactly The Intercept did wrong, what Winner could have done better, and what this might tell us about the future of leaking in the Trump administration.