If you have a copy of a signed White House confidentiality agreement, or have signed one, or have seen one with your own eyes, please be in touch with me. washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump…
In addition to the many ways to be in touch with me, including WhatsApp and Signal, there also is —> tips.buzzfeed.com (info about our @BuzzFeedNews SecureDrop)
From way back during the campaign, here was my and @RosieGray's reporting on the NDA that — of all people — Sam Nunberg signed with Trump: buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/h…
This past September, meanwhile, I reported on ongoing White House efforts to address leaks — by reporting on a leaked anti-leaking memo. buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/t…
Anyway, the point being, if you've signed one of these or seen one, you should talk with me. Thanks.
As Ruth's story makes clear: These are almost certainly unenforceable. That doesn't mean they don't have a chilling effect on staffers/former staffers who might not want to deal with the threat of a lawsuit, even if it might ultimately come out in their favor.
And, obviously, the fact that they're almost certainly unenforceable is a separate question from whether they're appropriate.
Walter Shaub, former OGE head, goes into more about all this in this thread — with some very interesting legal questions — and this conclusion: "I keep thinking they can't surprise me any more or sink any lower, but they keep finding new ways to surprise and sink lower."
This tweet from Michael Hayden makes me think of another point. This is yet another story in which Don McGahn's White House Counsel's Office played a key role in a questionable-at-best decision, per @RuthMarcus' reporting,
