Can we maybe ease off on the "gave secrets to the Russians" drumbeat for a bit?

[eppur_se_muova]

23. There's something of a precedent ...

Interesting trivia: you may have seen at least one of the four famous paintings by Jacques-Louis David which Napoleon commissioned to record his and Empress Josephine's coronation. In true Trumpian fashion, Napoleon stiffed David on the payment. It required the intervention of an administration official, the Comte Daru, before the gov't finally paid him, three years late.

Although David did a preliminary drawing showing Napoleon crowning himself (the Pope refused to do so), Napoleon insisted that scene be left out of the final paintings. Fake news ! Sad !