One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.
“I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.”
“I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.”