16 May 2017 6:05 pm
Amazing how almost every claim you make falls apart on a little examination.Misty » 16 May 2017 7:35 am » wrote:McMaster denied things that were not even alleged in the WaPo article.
They're all just "honest mistakes" on your part, right psycho?
McMaster: Trump Shared 'Wholly Appropriate' Info with Russians, Wasn't Briefed on Sources
BY BRIDGET JOHNSON
WASHINGTON -- National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster told reporters today that President Trump did share "wholly appropriate" information with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office, but McMaster wouldn't talk about the classification of the material and added that Trump wasn't aware of the source of the intelligence.
The Washington Post reported Monday that an unnamed ally was burned by the revelation as Trump shared information "provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government," a disclosure that "jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State."
The New York Times story added that, while the president has broad declassification powers, the ally whose intel was shared "has repeatedly warned American officials that it would cut off access to such sensitive information if it were shared too widely."
McMaster told reporters in a brief statement outside the White House on Monday evening that "the story that came out tonight as reported is false."
Today, in the White House briefing room to discuss Trump's first overseas trip, McMaster said "the premise of that article is false, that in any way the president had a conversation that was inappropriate or that resulted in any kind of lapse in national security."
The general said he wouldn't "discuss what is and what isn't classified," but "in the context of that -- that -- that discussion, what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate to that conversation and is consistent with the routine sharing of information between the president and any leaders with whom he's engaged."
He added that he was "not concerned at all" that allies would be hesitant to intelligence-share with the United States out of concern for the security of that information.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2 ... n-sources/