Paul Waldman talks with MSNBC's Chris Hayes about the likelihood that someone either in or close to the Secret Service leaked the story of a White House volunteer's alleged dalliance with a sex worker in Cartagena while working advance for President Barack Obama's visit there in 2012-and the implications of a rift between the president's staff and the people sworn to protect his very life.
Sex, Lies and the Secret Service
What does it mean when a partisan of the Secret Service appears to declare a war of leaks on the White House?
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