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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: 2) by Whoever on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:23PM (9 children)
WTF are you saying here? Are you saying that Israel is the villain here, not the victim?
Or are you just a waste of oxygen?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:41PM
What if Israeli Secret Intelligence Service [veteranstoday.com] are both the villain and deserved victim?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:46PM (5 children)
> Or are you just a waste of oxygen?
If you read his posts it becomes clear P666 just as idiotic as any pepe.
The guy did vote for trump after all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @04:54PM (2 children)
Ditto. His story about being a Clinton staffer in the 90s is great. He's just shilling.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:41PM (1 child)
Clinton Foundation employee, in the 00's. I've been inside Bill's super-secret love nest on the roof of the Clinton Presidential library in Little Rock. True story.
You're just jealous.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @09:13PM
So first you were a employee on clinton's campaign and now an employee of the clinton foundation.
The story keeps getting better and better!
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:39PM (1 child)
That's true. Every word. I think. Do you mean "pepe," as in "Mexican?" Or do you mean, "pepe," as in, "Hello, my peeps!"?
Anyway, I am stupid. Dumb as a post. I should be smart, like you, and post AC. Then nobody will know my secret shame, that I am truly, truly stupid.
That is a fact. I did. Smart people voted for Hillary. Surpassing people voted for Stein. That neither of those candidates won proves for all time that their voters are smart, and everyone else is dumb, dumb, dumb. And, while we're at it, pantsuits are cool. They're very cool. Everyone who doesn't wear them is terribly unfashionable, and uncool. And a misogynist. QED.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @09:15PM
> That's true. Every word. I think. Do you mean "pepe," as in "Mexican?" Or do you mean, "pepe," as in, "Hello, my peeps!"?
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=pepe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gbv=1 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:30PM (1 child)
? None of the above. I was pulling an oblique grammar nazi by pointing out "loose" should have been "lose" in the Parent.
Sorry.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Wednesday May 17 2017, @10:56PM
where's the -1 whoosh moderation?