Then, perhaps the most damaging turn of all: sources leaked the existence of an embryonic letter in circulation on the Labour backbenches calling for Mr Blair to quit.
Today's salvo started when unnamed Japanese Foreign Ministry sources leaked to Japanese news organizations word that diplomats had agreed to allow the group to leave China for South Korea.
Meanwhile, "army sources" leaked to the press that they had warned the government of an impending attack days before, only to be ignored, as usual.
Well-placed anonymous sources leaked to reporters the dinner menu, which included sushi and Mexican food, and the fact that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong performed.
Within moments of the release of Comey's letter, though, government sources leaked that the "unrelated case" was that of Anthony Weiner, who is being investigated for sexually explicit correspondence with an underage girl.
But when unidentified sources leak classified information to the press, the result is a weakening of our government's ability to protect the way of life we hold sacred.
In front of journalists from Brazil, Russia, Canada, India, Spain and elsewhere, Mr Salmond held up "evidence" – a screen grab from a BBC News online story which mentioned "Treasury sources" leaking the decision of RBS ahead of the announcement to the market.
However, it needs to be mentioned also signatures from induction in the Earth and unmodeled sources leak in all the residuals.
Just like iLounge says, take this info with a grain of salt, but apparently one of their trusted sources leaked a bunch of news concerning upcoming info.
(Interestingly, just hours before this launch event, sources leaked Apple's plan to launch Apple Pay in China by February. Coincidence? Just maybe).
