Secrets in Washington?

The news today was that Dr. Jill Biden, wife of very-soon-to-be VP Joe Biden, had let slip on Oprah that he may have been offered the choice of two different jobs: VP or Secretary of State. Of course, that's a slap in the face of Hilary Clinton. But Biden's team glossed over the remark that he had only ever been offered one job, even though he may have been qualified for more than one.

This made me think. We made it through the entire election cycle with that little secret knit up in a close circle. Not that it's a particularly relevant secret, or even that it's true, given the statements to the contrary. But given Joe Biden's purportedly sheepish look and initial attempts to shush his wife, it gives the comment veracity in my mind. On the other hand, there are a large number of "secrets" that regularly make it to the public. How many of them are relevant? How many are true? How many are controlled leaks? Given the number of journalistic remarks such as "on condition of anonymity," I have to think that there really is a team someplace that plants information in auspicious spots. If something comes from a spokesman, it has the ring of spun officiality. Coming from an unauthorized anonymous source gives it the ring of truth. Which takes spin to another level. What if the team tells an individual known to be in the know, "You tell this reporter this story OCOA"? Bingo. Public swallows it.

I'm gonna go crawl in my bunker now that the CIA's after me for spilling the secret. Unanonymously.