{"id":598842,"date":"2026-05-09T15:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598842"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:02:14","slug":"very-frustrated-white-house-email-cracking-down-on-leaks-is-leaked-to-media-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598842","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Very frustrated\u2019: White House email cracking down on leaks is leaked to media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The effort to crack down on leaks was itself the subject of the latest in unauthorized corporate media communications after an email from a \u201cvery frustrated\u201d Susie Wiles made headlines.<\/p>\n

From the White House to the Pentagon and every federal office in between, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has worked to keep certain behind-the-scenes activity away from the media where necessary. The ongoing endeavor was evidently the subject of a March email from the White House chief of staff wherein Wiles made clear the consequences of unauthorized leaks.<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a> by Politico\u2019s West Wing Playbook, which had obtained the leaked email, Wiles insisted, \u201cno staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without explicit approval of the White House Communications Office.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnauthorized leaks will not be tolerated and are subject to sanction up to and including termination,\u201d she added.\u00a0\u201cViolation of this policy can result in significant disruption to ongoing operations and can potentially endanger missions and activities of national significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Going on to cite a \u201cperson familiar with the matter,\u201d Politico\u2019s insider said, \u201cShe was generally very frustrated with leaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outlet also made note of private instructions Wiles was said to have given to cabinet officials in April regarding their travels. According to the report, the key administration officials were \u201cto avoid unnecessary international travel and remain focused on implementing Trump\u2019s domestic agenda at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House isn\u2019t alone in fending off leaks, as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had taken steps to limit the considerable access the media long enjoyed at the Pentagon. While corporate media challenged the effort, government contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was charged<\/a> with six felony violations of the Espionage Act in January after accessing classified information and providing it to The Washington Post\u2019s Hannah Natanson.<\/p>\n

She was said to have used the classified information in at least five articles between October 2025 and January 2026.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Politico, White House spokesperson Liz Huston said regarding leaks, \u201cThere are hundreds of White House staffers faithfully serving the American people, all of whom are held to strict policies \u2014 including a zero-tolerance policy against speaking to the media without explicit authorization from the Communications Office \u2014 to ensure the President\u2019s message is communicated clearly, accurately, and directly to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Wiles, currently dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis, was the recipient of the \u201cWoman of Valor\u201d award at the Independent Women\u2019s 19th Awards Gala on Thursday. During the event, she addressed her relationship with the media and said, \u201cYou have to grow thick skin, which is not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019ve succeeded there,\u201d she added. \u201cI resist the temptation to correct everything that\u2019s wrong, because you\u2019d spend all your day and night doing that. I stay off Twitter, because that makes me crazy when I see all that criticism. You just have to get up every day and do your job and not let the critics get to you. Easier said than done, but that is my way of operating.\u201d<\/p>\n

As to her own friends among reporters, Wiles expressed, \u201cwe keep it to friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The effort to crack down on leaks was itself the subject of the latest in unauthorized corporate media communications after an email from a \u201cvery frustrated\u201d Susie Wiles made headlines. From the White House to the Pentagon and every federal office in between, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has worked to keep certain behind-the-scenes activity away… Continue reading \u2018Very frustrated\u2019: White House email cracking down on leaks is leaked to media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}