Originally Posted by Rockface

And that commentator on what network ???

ON the NEWS ?????

"Senior White House officials appeared to recognize quickly that Trump had overstepped and moved to contain the potential fallout.

Thomas P. Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, placed calls to the directors of the CIA and the NSA, services most directly involved in the intelligence-sharing arrangement with the partner.

One of Bossert’s subordinates also called for the problematic portion of Trump’s discussion to be stricken from internal memos and for the full transcript to be limited to a small circle of recipients, efforts to prevent sensitive details from being disseminated further or leaked.

For most anyone in government discussing such matters with an adversary would be illegal. As president, Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets, making it unlikely that his disclosures broke the law.

“The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser, who participated in the meeting. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.”

The CIA declined to comment and the National Security Agency did not respond to requests for comment."

More Thoughts on the Post Story – Talking Points Memo

DID YOU SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT COME UP WITH A STORY ? TRUMP CAN DECLASSIFY ON HIS OWN AT ANY TIME, SO OF COURSE THAT BECOMES THE STORY.

HOW MANY TIMES WILL YOU FOLKS BE CONNED

OF COURSE THIS WILL BE DENIED AND IT SHOULD BE....what ally will share intelligence with a man who simply shows it around.

They have a job and that is to protect the President (in this case from himself) and they will do it.