Why Rosenstein Is Wrong - The Chain of Trust

[Towlie]

"Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous 'officials,' particularly when they do not identify the country - let alone the branch or agency of government - with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. The Department of Justice has a long-standing policy to neither confirm or deny such allegations."

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The way I see it, Rosenstein makes it sound like we're hearing these things directly from anonymous sources, but we're not. We're hearing from reasonably reputable and trustworthy sources like the Washington Post and New York Times, and THEY presumably know and trust THEIR sources, else they'd be taking a tremendous gamble that would certainly have backfired on them and destroyed their reputations long ago.

So as long as OUR sources maintain their reputation for publishing leaks that are subsequently proven true, we can be confident that they know and trust THEIR sources.

[napi21]

1. Not only that, but all those "leaks" have proven to be true! Or at least most of 'em. nt

[imanamerican63]

2. He was given an order by Trump to write!

What else could it be? Anonymous source is Trump himself! Fake news and lies are generally the words of Trump, but Rosenstein changed them for some clarity!

[spanone]

3. watergate would have never happened if we prescribed to this....deep throat was an anonymous source