Mitt in London: Romney brags about meeting with chief of U.K.'s top-secret MI6 intelligence service

[ProSense]

Mitt in London: Romney brags about meeting with chief of U.K.'s top-secret MI6 intelligence service

Jed Lewison

So Mitt Romney spends Tuesday pledging that as president he would never, ever leak intelligence information and then today:

Eyebrows going up about Romney's claim to have met the Sir John Sawers, the chief of MI6. Asked about Syria by an American reporter whether he and Cameron spoke about Syria and he replies: "I appreciated the insights and perspectives of the leaders of the government here and the opposition here as well as the head of MI6"

As The Guardian explains:

For our American readership, this isn't like bragging you just met David Petraeus. The British take on the national secret intelligence service comes with an extra-heavy dollop of the whole secret thing. The very existence of the MI6 was not officially acknowledged until 1994.

Good luck, Romney handlers: this is only stop No. 1 on a three-stop international tour. What will he say in Jerusalem?

Maybe if MI6 also handled Romney's tax returns then he could have kept his mouth shut?

Or perhaps he was simply distracted by trying to put out the fire caused by his other gaffe: saying that he doubted Great Britain's ability to pull off the games.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/26/1113870/-Mitt-in-London-Romney-brags-about-meeting-with-chief-of-U-K-s-top-secret-MI6-intelligence-service

A Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Player
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/07/26/12969433-a-not-ready-for-prime-time-player

[liberal N proud]

1. Did he snag a date with Miss Moneypenny?

Just to one up James Bond.



What an AS!

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. That is the only time you'll meet him Romney

Damn, if you were a Brit you could even face charges.

[Coexist]

3. George Bush on steriods...

[nichomachus]

4. I fully expect Fox to devote several hours to examining his security breach

[freshwest]

5. London bankers are giving this guy money? It can't be for what he's going to do in government..

Just more hedge funds exchanging hands...

[hifiguy]

6. Mittwit will probably ask for a ham on white bread with mayo

when he gets to Jerusalem.

[JBoy]

7. Mitt's conversation with MI6:

[monmouth]

8. Heard he was canceling the trip to Jerusalem..Too many Jews. (From a Jewish friend)..n/t

[ProSense]

9. The leak! n/t