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| Thema: Declassified: "I get great intel." | Antwort auf: Horse Race! US Wahlen 2016 von Liyah | |
| Der US Präsident kann ja Geheimnisse publik machen, wie er will. Keine Ahnung, ob das auch für Geheimnisse gilt, die man von anderswo unter Zusicherung von Stillschweigen erhalten hat. Jedenfalls sind auch die Republikaner nicht amüsiert. Erst die peinlichen Russen-im-Oval-Office-Fotos, von der "die doch versprochen hatten, dass die nicht publik gemacht werden!" und die Kritik, dass da fremdes, nur oberflächlig untersuchtes Russen-Equipment ins Oval Office gelassen wurde, wo selbst US-Sicherheitsberater angeblich das Telefon an der Tür abgeben müssen, im Chaos um die Comey-"Obstruction of Justice"-Nummer fast untergegangen ist; und nun das. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html] “This is code-word information,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter, using terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels used by American spy agencies. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.” “It is all kind of shocking,” said a former senior U.S. official who is close to current administration officials. “Trump seems to be very reckless and doesn’t grasp the gravity of the things he’s dealing with, especially when it comes to intelligence and national security. And it’s all clouded because of this problem he has with Russia.” In his meeting with Lavrov, Trump seemed to be boasting about his inside knowledge of the looming threat. “I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day,” the president said, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/trump-russia-classified-information-isis.html] It was not clear whether Mr. Trump wittingly disclosed such highly classified information. He — and possibly other Americans in the room — may have not been aware of the sensitivity of what he was sharing. It was only after the meeting, when notes on the discussion were circulated among National Security Council officials, that it was flagged as too sensitive to be shared, even among many American officials, the former official said. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/trump-highly-classified-information-russians] Two US officials who were briefed on Trump’s disclosures last week confirmed to BuzzFeed News the veracity of the Washington Post report, with one noting that “it’s far worse than what has already been reported.” The official was referring to the extent of the classified intelligence information Trump disclosed to the Russian ambassador and foreign minister. As news of the revelations spread Monday, top administration officials huddled in the White House, where reporters could hear yelling emanating from the presidential residence. A spokesperson later emerged and said the White House would not release any more information Monday, and staffers cranked up the volume on TVs near the room where they had gathered. |
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