re: WSJ: GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn

This one I got from twitter. Ben Wittes who runs lawfare is very well-sourced in the national security law community. He's teased a number of scoops on this story in the past month including these Journal stories and the Comey memos (he's buddies with Comey). I use google alerts with relevant search terms but you still end up getting a lot of chaff and missing important stories. The most fruitful thing to do is find the reporters on relevant beats and follow them on twitter. They'll retweet things you wouldn't think are relevant to put in search terms. It also helps to be an obsessive.