System Events current screen saver is broken in Mojave

Originator:peter
Number:rdar://46586145 Date Originated:2018-12-10
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:macOS + SDK Product Version:10.14
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
In 10.14, if you run the AppleScript command:

tell app "System Events"
   current screen saver
end tell

it returns:

screen saver "" of app "System Events"

The results in a failure in the normal case of:

tell app "System Events" to start current screen saver

Version/Build:

10.14.0-

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