"You have mass leakage of internal discussions, with career ending consequences. You can't have any greater signal that something is very wrong, and that people

"You have mass leakage of internal discussions, with career ending consequences. You can't have any greater signal that something is very wrong, and that people believe the chain of reporting is compromised." Leaks from DOJ is SOP; Trump or not the place is a hot bed of political grifters posing as law enforcement officials and playing footsies with their media contacts. And I don't share your alarm over the potential consequences. The political class won't hurt Alphabet. At worst there will be a shakedown, some new toothless minders will emerge (captured on inception,) and then they'll throw the fish back, just like they did with Microsoft.