After The Washington Post dropped a bombshell
Monday afternoon asserting President Trump had leaked classified information to
Russia’s foreign minister and its tub of lard ambassador, National Security
Director H.R. McMaster emphatically stated the story the paper had published
was patently false.
Just before McMaster
emerged from the White House to speak at the “stake out” location, Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson and Deputy National Security for Strategy Advisor Dina
Powell, who were in the Oval Office during the meeting, had denied the accuracy
of the Post’s story. Additionally, the
Office of the Russian Foreign Ministry also called the reporting false.
Tuesday at 11:30 AM,
McMaster held a press briefing to take back the narrative from the paper
asserting President Trump did not jeopardize
assets by revealing highly sensitive information adding that Trump did not know
where the Intel came from.
"The president
in no way undermined sources or methods in the course of this conversation,” he
said adding the information could be found in “open-source reporting.”
“I think the real
issue, and what I would like to see debated more, is that our national security
has been put at risk by those violating confidentiality. I think national security is put at risk by
this leak and leaks like this. It’s
incumbent on all of us to bring in the people with the right mandate and the
right authorities to take a look at how this leak occurred and how other
breaches may have occurred as well," McMaster said.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster: “The president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of this conversation.” pic.twitter.com/5QkpG9ggqB— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 16, 2017
Not satisfied with
the raft of explanations from senior White House officials, attacks from
lifelong bureaucrats and Obama-era holdovers worked another angle on the revelation: Trump discussed information about ISIS that
came from a key US partner on the condition it not be shared with our other
allies claiming it could put those sources at risk and alienate them.
That source had not
been identified until The
New York Times (competing desperately for clicks) blabbed the source
was Israel.
Seems the Israelis
didn’t feel the least bit alienated after all.
Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the US said in a statement,
“Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the
United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years
ahead under President Trump.”
I’m revealing my age
here, but this whole thing about Trump and the Rooskies reminds me of the 1960’s
sitcom Get Smart.
“Gentlemen, as of
this moment, all members of C.O.N.T.R.O.L are on Magenta Alert.”
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