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President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia's foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation, two U.S. officials said on Monday, plunging the White House into another controversy just months into Trump's short tenure in office.
The intelligence, shared at a meeting last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, was supplied by a U.S. ally in the fight against the militant group, both officials with knowledge of the situation said.
The White House declared the allegations, first reported by the Washington Post, incorrect.
[...] One of the officials said the intelligence discussed by Trump in his meeting with Lavrov was classified "Top Secret" and held in a secure "compartment" to which only a handful of intelligence officials have access.
After Trump's disclosure of the information, which one of the officials described as spontaneous, officials immediately called the CIA and the National Security Agency, both of which have agreements with a number of allied intelligence services around the world, and informed them what had happened.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKCN18B2MX
Also at The Washington Post and The New York Times.
[Update.] According to Ars Technica, President Trump then proceeded to Tweet information about this meeting:
Statements from President Trump on Twitter and from White House National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster did not directly contradict details initially reported by the Washington Post late on Monday. McMaster said that no sources or methods were exposed in the conversation. However, the unnamed officials cited in the Post report were concerned that Trump's citing of the exact location "in the Islamic State’s territory where the US intelligence partner detected the threat" could expose the source. Tuesday morning, Trump tweeted:
As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
Trump also lashed out at the intelligence community for leaking about his actions:
I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:11PM (6 children)
Another way to do it is hang the NSA for violating the Constitution by building the scariest Police State in history, and the CIA for torturing people and committing other such war crimes. Then you hire a new crew of mathematicians, ex-military, etc and train them assiduously: "YOU DO NOT FUCKING SPY ON AMERICANS. REPEAT: YOU DO NOT FUCKING SPY ON AMERICANS. YOU DO NOT TORTURE. YOU DO NOT COMMIT WAR CRIMES. IF YOU DO, REGARD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PREDECESSORS DANGLING FROM THE TREES OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS OF THIS TRAINING ROOM."
Apologies for the caps, but it's that strong a subject.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:16PM (2 children)
> by building the scariest Police State in history,
you have no clue what you are talking about
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:23PM (1 child)
So clue us in, oh cognoscentus. Tell us how it really is.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:55PM
A short list of secret police far, far, far worse than the NSA. Which killed and brutalized tens of thousands with literally no public accountability.
Stasi
OCRB
Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities
Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale
SAVAK
Romanian Securitate
Santebal
Oprichniki
Cheka
NKVD
Gestapo
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Your teenage hysteria is the kind of thing that paves the way for things to get worse not better.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:40PM (2 children)
Then you get the first dyke president who instructs them to spy on Americans and they do because it would be homophobic to tell a dyke "no."
"Bath house Barry" Soetoro learned this the easy way.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:53PM
I'm not worried that Americans will get a hard on for torture and spying again. Going batshit every couple decades is how you roll.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @07:30PM
"Then you get the first dyke president"
What do you have against the Dutch?
Washington DC delenda est.