times piece on trump aides having contact with russian intel the year before the election. and cnn breaking the story that president obama and president-elect trump were both briefed on the possible existence of a russian dossier. this is actually a golden age of journalism. one that makes me proud to be a sunday newspaper columnist for the "philadelphia enquirer." i don't condone the leaking. the proprietary of the leaks is an open question for me but without investigative journalism we would never have learned about michael flynn's conversation with the russian ambassador and he'd still be in office posing a potential black rail risk. there are times when national security takes precedence and the leakers knowing what they're risking decided this is one of those instances. thomas jefferson wrote were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without