Letter From Washington

It’s time to hunker down and lie low over at the White House and, indeed, throughout the Executive Branch. Ronald Reagan is on a tear over leaks. Ever since he became President, Reagan’s chief annoyance—as he has made clear often and publicly, notably to Barbara Walters as early as last Thanksgiving in a TV interview at the ranch—has been staff leaks to the press: leaks about his policies, programs, and (real or imagined) strategies.

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