Washington Post.

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McMaster soon confronted the White House press corps en masse, giving a brief statement on the matter outside the West Wing.
'There's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the safety of the American people,' McMaster said. Later, he appeared outside the White House to give his more elaborate statement.
The national security adviser explained that the president and the Russian foreign minister 'reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation.'
'At no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed,' he added. 'And the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.'
McMaster said that 'two other senior officials that were present, including the secretary of state, remembered the meeting the same way and have said so.'
'They're on-the-record accounts should outweight those of anonymous sources. I was in the room,' he said. 'It didn't happen.'

 

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McMaster then left the bouquet of microphones without answering any questions.
His statement followed a number of written statements, including one Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released to CNN, which didn't deny the president passed on secret information.
'During President Trump’s meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov, a broad range of subjects were discussed, among which were common efforts and threats regarding counter-terrorism. During that exchange, the nature of specific threats were discussed, but they did not discuss sources, methods, or military operations,' Tillerson said.
In the same statement, which was released by the White House, Deputy National Security Advisor Dina Powell said: 'This story is false. The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced.'
The president has broad authority to declassify information unilaterally, which would insulate him from having done anything illegal.

 

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President Trump blasted his 2016 presidential election opponent, whom he called 'crooked' Hillary Clinton, as 'not fit' for office because of her 'careless' handling of classified information

 

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Lower-level government officials who disclose highly-classified information, even without ill intent, can get prosecuted.
Trump ran, in part, by campaigning that Hillary Clinton had put the nation's security at risk through her use of a private email server while secretary of state.
'Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team 'were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information,' Trump tweeted in July after Comey called her out in a press conference where he nevertheless didn't reccommend prosecution. 'Not fit!'
According to the report, Trump discussed aspects of the threat learned through the unspecified espionage capabilities of a 'key partner.'
He didn't reveal the specific sources and methods, but nevertheless described how ISIS was seeking to carry out a plot.

 

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer didn't even get asked about about the Russia meetings at Monday's White House press briefing

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

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An official said Trump revealed the city within ISIS territory where a U.S. ally detected the threat, according to unnamed officials.
That could run the risk of compromising the source, since the Russians are engaged in a military campaign in Syria, where they are propping up dictator Bashar al-Assad.
McMaster is quoted in the article saying no sources or methods were disclosed, without denying Trump leaked classified information.
'The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,' said McMaster, who participated int he meeting. 'At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed, and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly,' he said.
Looming behind Russia's meeting are congressional investigations and an FBI investigation into alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.
Trump fired James Comey, who was atop the investigation, last week, drawing howls of protest from Democrats and some Republicans. Trump first attributed the firing to Comey's handling of Hillary Clinton's email scandal, but later told NBC Russia was on his mind when he made the decision.
'Everyone knows this stream is very sensitive, and the idea of sharing it at this level of granularity with the Russians is troubling,' a former U.S. counterterrorism official told the Post.

 

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Trump's meeting with the Russians came during a week when he sacked his FBI Director, James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation of alleged Russian election interference

 

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The timing of Trump's Russia meetings were noteworthy given the intense focus on all things Russia.
Moscow also put out images of Trump greeting a smiling Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the U.S. They got released by the TASS news agency, the Russian embassy, and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The White House kept U.S. photographers out, and didn't put any photo record out until a day after the fact.
The White House flickr account did not post a Kislyak photo with the president.
The official White House readout of Trump's meeting didn't mention that Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak was there.
Trump trolled his critics late Thursday by tweeting out a photo of him and Lavrov – as well as an image of himself meeting with Ukraine's foreign minister.
'Yesterday, on the same day- I had meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the FM of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin. #LETSMAKEPEACE!' Trump wrote.
Trump's frank comments at a meeting that included Kislyak are all the more noteworthy because Kislyak is at the center of a burgeoning investigation into his presidential campaign's Russia contacts.
Trump fired former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn after Flynn was revealed to have met with Kislyak during the transition and then failing to tell Vice President Mike Pence about it.
'We have no way to know what was said, but protecting our nation's secrets is paramount. The speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration,' said Doug Andres, a spokesman for House Speaker Paul Ryan in early reaction Monday evening.

 

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Read more:

• Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador - The Washington Post
• Sahil Kapur on Twitter: "BOB CORKER: "The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order. It's got to happen.""

 

[Acebb]

This story is the perfect example of fake news.

How would a "former official" know what was said in a meeting? How would a "former official" know about "code word classified!!!" intelligence?

It is just so much BS to advance a narrative and whip up the chimpanzees into a frenzy. This is irresponsible.

Note the story has been knocked down by an NBC reporter

 

[Acebb]

[h=2]Russia denies reports that Trump revealed classified information to officials[/h]
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, on Facebook on Tuesday described the reports as “yet another fake.”

 

[Acebb]

The Washington Post reported Russia hacked the power grid.

Fake.

The Washington Post reported Comey asked for more resources for the Russian hacking investigation before being fired.

Fake

The Washington Post reported that the Deputy AG threatened to resign if Trump didn't say it was not his idea to fire Comey.

Fake

 

[Acebb]

ointer:

 

[Willie99]

Even if the allocations are true, and that's a big if since a credible source has not come forward and the WP publishes as many debunked "Trumped up" stories as the NYT, but even if it were true and if this revelation angers our allies and puts a key assets life at risk

how did our allies learn about this? through Trump and the Russian representatives? or did they learn about this through the WP and our news media?

and if a spy's life is now in danger, if we lose a valuable insider, who's responsible for that? Trump and the Russians? or the WP and our careless classless reckless media?

anything bad that comes from this rests at the feet of the WP and the democratic media

and if our allies stop trusting us, it's not because of Trump but rather the democrats who are responsible for the leaks and the democrats who print the leaks

the White House has to go on the offensive and bury this idiocy, heads have to roll, sources have to go to jail, news outlets have to suffer consequences

maybe this is one of the reasons Comey was fired, he was failing at national security, there's too much poppycock and bullshit coming out of the resist resist resist crowd, it's time to put them down

 

[SgtLanquel]

I hereby apologize for comparing donnie to a "10 year old".

Extremely conservtive David Brooks this morning slots him as a 7-year old

 

[StevieRay]

Every freakn minute it's fake crap. Then everyone believes and goes in a tizzy

 

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[h=2]Trump ADMITS sharing intelligence with Russian officials 'which I have the absolute right to do', contradicting White House officials who said claims he slipped classified ISIS secrets were FALSE[/h]

President Trump dashed off two tweets Tuesday morning defending himself against an onslaught of criticism on the heels of a report that said he shared 'highly classified' information with the Russians. '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 to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism,' Trump wrote. Trump's tweets seemingly confirm what the Washington Post first reported Monday afternoon, which led to a number of White House and Trump administration officials releasing statements questioning the validity of the story. Leading the pack was Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, who told a pack of reporters Monday night, 'The story that came out tonight is false.'

 

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The leaker needs a bullet in the back Seth Rich style.

It is the only proven way to shut mouths.



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