[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS This Morning journalists on Thursday defended the practice of leaking from officials inside the White House and said that investigations cracking down can lead to “terror” inside an administration. Talking about efforts by White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci to eliminate the leaks, John Dickerson explained, “The problem with leak investigations in all past White Houses is that it clamps down on people inside of the White House. It creates an atmosphere of a little bit of terror.” He fretted, “You get rid of people who are leaking. It makes everyone kind of look over their shoulder.” Then Dickerson flat-out defended the practice of “harmless leaks.”
