Supreme Court leak report findings: Lax security, loose lips

FILE – Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Eight months, 126 formal interviews and one 23-page report later, the Supreme Court said it has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights. The report released by the court Thursday is the apparent culmination of an investigation ordered by Chief Justice John Roberts a day after the May leak of the draft to Politico. The leak touched off protests at justices’ homes and raised concerns about their security. And the leak came more than a month before the final opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was released. The report provides a window into the court’s internal processes and recommends some places where the court can improve.