Given a staff as large as is required by a Presidential campaign, it probably is a lot like a terrorist organization, with many people only actually knowing those directly above or below them in the chain of command. With all of the volunteers, and the organizations in the various states and cities, I doubt a complete list appears anywhere.

A few people at the top are known, but below that are the nameless multitudes. The traveling media with the campaign would only know the traveling staff.

From time to time I’m sure there are people who are reading a web site and discovering that they are suddenly part of the campaign staff, even though they may not even support the candidate. I remember a couple of those this year.

Some of it is “dirty tricks”, but I’d be willing to bet that a lot of it is a desire for a “scoop” and the push to fill the constant news cycle.

…I’m occasionally accused of being naive, but I would surmise that it would be the job of responsible journalists to backcheck the sources of the information they claim to be revealing…

Maybe my failing is those years in the University of Idaho journalism program before I changed my major….

The Shrubbery has really improved ol’ Warren G’s standing amongst former Presidents.