Republicans are exercised at the moment about leaks emanating from the White House and other government departments.  For them this is a much bigger issue than Russian interference during the election, or whether it’s acceptable to prevent  moslems  from countries, which so far have no connection with terrorist activity, from entering the United States.

What can we, as Epicureans, say about government leaks?  Well, if you are happy with the chaotic and unpredictable conduct of the government so far, and  you are content to accept the string of misrepresentations and straightforward lies that emerge from the President and his Praetorian guard on a daily basis, then we can conclude that  that you are quite happy to accept the situation in return for status, a fat salary, a bit of power and a reduction in your tax.  Governing  justly and fairly for all the people, ethics and morals are presumably of little interest to you.

But  it seems there are some office holders and functionaries who still have a measure of moral backbone and an ethical outlook, and who love their country.   These people, small in number no doubt, are uncomfortable with the policies, the tone and the blunders that they see being committed and the campaign promises blatantly broken on the behalf of the super-rich.  These are the patriots.  They have a conscience. They are the heroes and heroines of the modern United States, uncovering the things Trump wants covered and revealing the unethical, cruel and devious plans of the Administration to the taxpayers, who pay the salaries of the office holders and who deserve to know what is happening and what damage the rest of us can look forward to.

God bless the Leakers!