> And the answer is: because the Trump administration is compromised. By whom, exactly? Who benefits? Russia, somehow? It seems more likely that the administr

> And the answer is: because the Trump administration is compromised. By whom, exactly? Who benefits? Russia, somehow? It seems more likely that the administration officials fear being monitored and their conversations leaked by staffers, and they wanted to avoid official recordkeeping requirements. The former may have some merit (though I doubt anyone is going to leak plans to attack Houthis, regardless of their feelings about the Trump administration), the latter is likely illegal and deserving of investigation.