water gardener

water gardener
   someone who improperly releases confidential information to the media
   Cultivating the press, preparing the ground for policy changes, and the source of many a leak2:
   The markets sensed some change of mood, some well-placed drips from the Treasury's water-gardeners, and Friday of last week was their best day ever. (Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1997)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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