So if Trump is mouthing off about his classified briefings, maybe they should cut them off

[Siwsan]

I mean how freaking arrogant and irresponsible of him to even allude to what he has been shown!!!

Trump Boasts About Watching ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Immediately After Becoming Eligible To Receive Classified Briefings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-iran-intelligence-briefing_us_57a26249e4b04414d1f370b9

[cheyanne]

1. So Trump lied about the tape. It probably wasn't a classified "top secret" tape.

However, Trump by virtue of his eligibility to be briefed on classified material, lends an aura of truth to any information that he claims is classified. Which is just as bad as actually disseminating real classified information.

His lies are then backed by his supposed "intelligence briefings" even if they are not true. This may constitute a real and present danger to American interests at home and abroad.

[groundloop]

2. Nearly as big a danger as Cheney outing a CIA agent....

which of course put not only her but anyone who'd had any contact with her in grave danger. I hope more and more gopers are seeing how dangerous tRump really is.

[lamp_shade]

3. Donald Trump Didn’t Leak a Classified Iran Video, He’s Just Wildly Wrong

From NY Mag this morning...

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/trump-didnt-leak-classified-iran-video-hes-just-wrong.html

[Hortensis]

4. tRump's getting the same briefings as his opponent,

as election ethics require. Which is to say nothing that, as one expert put it, can't be read in the NY Times.

He or another expert pointed out that candidates usually don't want genuinely sensitive information at this point anyway, that they typically are "terrified" that they might accidentally leak information on the campaign trail, failing to remember just where they heard it.

If Obama wanted Hillary to know something, he could always inform her through another route. As former SoS, of course, she's already full of burn-before-reading info.