{"id":13185,"date":"2026-05-26T22:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/26\/trumps-new-plan-to-quash-leaks-vox-com\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:13:43","slug":"trumps-new-plan-to-quash-leaks-vox-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/26\/trumps-new-plan-to-quash-leaks-vox-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s new plan to quash leaks – vox.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This story appeared in The Logoff<\/a>, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> The Trump administration wants federal employees to sign broad new non-disclosure agreements.<\/p>\n

Why do this?<\/strong> President Donald Trump and members of his administration<\/a> have long railed against leakers and media organizations for disclosing information about their actions, ranging from the status of the US-Iran war<\/a> to FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s alleged drinking habits<\/a> in recent months. A general NDA would create a new avenue to quash such disclosures and could deter government employees from making them.<\/p>\n

The second Trump administration has previously implemented NDAs \u2014 and in some cases, polygraph tests \u2014 at a smaller scale for employees at the Defense Department<\/a> and other agencies.<\/p>\n

What would the NDA cover?<\/strong> Narrowly speaking, the proposed NDA doesn\u2019t do much. According to the Office of Personnel Management, it would \u201cdocument Federal employees\u2019 acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, current legal obligations to safeguard non-public, confidential, or proprietary information.\u201d In context, though, it would be another tool for the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on leaks.<\/p>\n

For now, the plan is still in draft form and will need to clear a 30-day public comment period before being implemented. Each agency would then decide whether to use the NDA.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the context?<\/strong> The public has often learned useful information about the government\u2019s plans and functioning through the disclosure of the kind of material the NDA seeks to crack down on, both historically and during the current Trump administration. If implemented, it would be yet another step by the Trump administration toward less transparency.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the big picture?<\/strong> The story of Trump\u2019s second term has been his personalization of government. His former personal lawyers in senior roles at the Justice Department, a UFC fight on the White House lawn to mark his birthday, his gilded taste overrunning the Oval Office, and much more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Potential NDAs \u2014 a fond private-sector tactic calibrated for employees Trump sees as serving him, rather than the American people \u2014 are yet another expression of the same impulse.<\/p>\n

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I am not personally a New York Knicks fan \u2014 my specific basketball fandom is in abeyance until we get the Seattle SuperSonics back \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t appreciate some sports joy from an extremely long-suffering franchise, and you can, too. I enjoyed Rodger Sherman\u2019s newsletter<\/a> on the Knicks\u2019 dominant journey to the NBA Finals, as well as this piece<\/a> from Defector\u2019s Israel Daramola.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading, have a great evening, and we\u2019ll see you back here tomorrow!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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