The identity of informants is something the Justice Department has always kept hidden... Until now. The reason? To make sure that citizens aren't intimidated by the prospect of being outed as an informant when considering whether to blow the whistle on someone who is doing bad $hit. When you're dealing with foreign powers (particularly Russians), you need to be especially cognizant of that danger.

In case you can't draw the connection, regardless of what this might or might not turn up, it assures that future, would-be whistleblowers will be reluctant to answer the call; most to the point of choosing remaining silent over doing their patriotic duty to protect our democracy. We don't want watchdogs keeping quiet when they uncover wrongdoing by government officials, because that leads to absolutism, which is just fine by Mr. Trump but should be something all Americans should be keeping an eye on.

This is one more example to prove our President is a bully, which is a dangerous thing to put in charge of a "free" nation. I don't care that he's a Republican; that's what people voted for. The lying and bullying are the qualities that upset me as an American citizen, because those are qualities associated more with despotism than with democracy. Politicians have always been liars when backed into a corner; this guy lies when you ask him what he had for breakfast.