Supreme Court leak report findings: Lax security, loose lips

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Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court doesn't know who leaked its abortion decision draft. A Q&A on the findings.

WASHINGTON — Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court said it has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights.

The report also offers a window into the court's internal processes. It acknowledges that the coronavirus pandemic, which expanded the ability of people to work from home,"as well as gaps in the Court's security policies, created an environment where it was too easy to remove sensitive information from the building and the Court's IT networks." The report recommends changes so that it's harder for a leak to happen in the future.

How thorough was the investigation?Investigators conducted 126 formal interviews of 97 employees. They looked into connections between employees and reporters, including those at Politico. They looked at call logs of personal phones. They looked at printer logs. They even did a fingerprint analysis of"an item relevant to the investigation."

One open question: It was unclear from the report whether the court's nine justices also sat for interviews. On social media, there was speculation that various law clerks could be the leaker because of their personal backgrounds, including connections to Politico and past writing. The report acknowledged investigators were watching.

 

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