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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:13 PM Mar 2017

Trump leaked classified CIA intel to Tucker Carlson on live TV: ranking House intel member

Trump leaked classified CIA intel to Tucker Carlson on live TV: ranking House intel member



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-leaked-classified-cia-intel-to-tucker-carlson-on-live-tv-ranking-house-intel-member/

TheHill.com reported that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said in a press release, “In his effort to once again blame Obama, the President appeared to have discussed something that, if true and accurate, would otherwise be considered classified information.”

“I just want people to know, the CIA was hacked, and a lot of things taken — that was during the Obama years,” claimed Trump Wednesday night. “That was not during us. That was during the Obama situation. Mike Pompeo is there now doing a fantastic job.”

Schiff said, “The President has the power to declassify whatever he wants, but this should be done as the product of thoughtful consideration and with intense input from any agency affected. For anyone else to do what the President may have done, would constitute what he deplores as ‘leaks.’”


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Trump leaked classified CIA intel to Tucker Carlson on live TV: ranking House intel member (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2017 OP
of course he did. ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #1
President Trump was just tipping off the hackers, who are his friends gratuitous Mar 2017 #2
He needs a KEEPER! elleng Mar 2017 #3
He needs to resign! Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #5
Most likely it is another lie from trump. It is easy to determine if trump is lying. still_one Mar 2017 #4
Presidents CANNOT "leak" Intelligence. Foamfollower Mar 2017 #6
There are official procedures for declassifying. Even Minority Presidents have to follow rules. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #9
+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2017 #11
You are correct. Qutzupalotl Mar 2017 #17
This man is a joke! triron Mar 2017 #7
News organisations, if we have any left, elmac Mar 2017 #8
Schiff is just getting more important almost daily. Amaryllis Mar 2017 #10
Kick! red dog 1 Mar 2017 #12
It proves one thing: one doesn't need intelligence to leak it. nt C Moon Mar 2017 #13
The problem isn't that the CIA was hacked, the problem is WHO THE HELL PUT YOU IN OFFICE! C Moon Mar 2017 #14
Why does anyone think Trump isn't telling the Russians everything he knows. FuzzyRabbit Mar 2017 #15
"Mike Pompeo is there now doing a fantastic job. Botany Mar 2017 #16
What this says is that he's so jealous of Obama that he can't think straight. JudyM Mar 2017 #18

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
1. of course he did.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:15 PM
Mar 2017

He doesn't know what he's doing.

Anyways, who cares if national security is compromised, as long as HE is seen to be far superior to Obama!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. President Trump was just tipping off the hackers, who are his friends
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:17 PM
Mar 2017

President Trump revealed this very sensitive information so that the folks who hacked the CIA could confirm that they had been successful, and also to tip them off that the CIA knows about them (so cool it, maybe?).

Prove that wholly baseless and uninformed speculation wrong. Because now that it's "out there," under the Cokie Rule, the major media must now report it, right?

still_one

(92,394 posts)
4. Most likely it is another lie from trump. It is easy to determine if trump is lying.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:25 PM
Mar 2017

If he moves his lips he's lying

 

Foamfollower

(1,097 posts)
6. Presidents CANNOT "leak" Intelligence.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:45 PM
Mar 2017

Presidents DECLASSIFY Intelligence when they speak openly and candidly about it.

It's a dumb move, but there's nothing illegal about it.

It's also a direct threat to national security, but a president can declassify whatever the fuck they want to declassify.

Just another reason why people must always keep in mind, elections have consequences. In this case, we have a president who will willfully damage our national security to make himself sound big in a television interview with a dweeb idiot.

Qutzupalotl

(14,327 posts)
17. You are correct.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 05:30 PM
Mar 2017

The president can, on his/her own, declassify and simultaneously release information. Doesn't make it right, doesn't mean he should, but he can. And in this one case, Nixon was right: if the president does it, it is not a crime.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
8. News organisations, if we have any left,
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:27 PM
Mar 2017

should demand to see any docs on this now that its declassified.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,969 posts)
15. Why does anyone think Trump isn't telling the Russians everything he knows.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 05:15 PM
Mar 2017

The Russians own him. That's why the US and foreign intelligence services are trying to keep information from him.

Botany

(70,581 posts)
16. "Mike Pompeo is there now doing a fantastic job.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 05:17 PM
Mar 2017

Can Trumo say anything and it not be about himself or the people he picked
or something he has done?

JudyM

(29,274 posts)
18. What this says is that he's so jealous of Obama that he can't think straight.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 05:34 PM
Mar 2017

Of course, not that he ever thinks straight...

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