The White House and Department of Justice have reportedly been discussing potentially throwing journalists in jail to reveal the identities of leakers and fresh White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is behind the plan.
In an Atlantic report about the exit of Susie Wiles from her chief of staff role at the White House, it was revealed that a plan to jail journalists is in consideration in the administration. Wiles reportedly pushed back on such a plan while Miller gave it his endorsement.
According to the report, which cites multiple people familiar with the situation, Donald Trump has been pressing the DOJ to pursue criminal cases against people who leak information to the media on “national security grounds.” Various “tactics” have been discussed, including arresting journalists to push them into revealing their sources.
Miller would be in favor of torturing the journalists. And while torture frequently leads to false information when used to fish for intelligence, when you have a specific question you know the victim can answer it’s incredibly effective.
These are American journalists, not trained military or intelligent operatives. If they are just in jail, they’ll keep quiet, but if they actually get tortured, they’ll give up their source instantly. Most would give it up at just the threat of torture.
If PeeWee Himmler actually starts torturing journalists for information, he’s gone past the point of no return, and his life is over. At some point, he will be arrested, tried, and executed, as he already deserves.