Like Trump, Abraham Lincoln also had a problem with leaks in his administration

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Unauthorized release of sensitive information is all the rage these days, seemingly aggravating President Trump seven days a week. Washington leaks like pipes in the “charming fixer-upper” a smooth-talking real estate agent wants to unload.

It’s nothing new. In fact, history’s most egregious leak involved the guy on the penny, a source dangerously close to the president, a sketchy character, and a dying first child.

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