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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe source was compromised the instant Trump told the Russians
Has ISIS gotten to them?
Trump and his ilk didn't warn them. Did he have no idea the danger for the person, the people, or did he just not give a fuck?
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The source was compromised the instant Trump told the Russians (Original Post)
uppityperson
May 2017
OP
He gave a fuck. Felt it was worth wasting the life of the source to please his Russian handlers. .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#1
He has no idea. All that matters to him is what's happening in front of his face at the moment.
RedWedge
May 2017
#7
drumpf doesn't care about anything or anyone past the end of his stuck-up nose.
democratisphere
May 2017
#9
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,994 posts)1. He gave a fuck. Felt it was worth wasting the life of the source to please his Russian handlers. .nt
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)2. Has Trump given more info to the Russians?
MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)4. We can only assume
That he has. Why wouldn't he?
marybourg
(12,620 posts)3. So much for the theory (the wish?)
that the fake president was being fed false intel.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)5. Jack Bauer should pay Trump a "visit"... n/m
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)6. I think they contacted the source of the information the same day...
From the WaPo article:
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, the services most directly involved in the intelligence-sharing arrangement with the partner.
The article doesn't say when WaPo was told about it. Given the nature of the report, I bet they took several days to confirm the report.
I wonder if the staff even said anything to Trump about his serious error in judgment before they were contacted by WaPo.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)8. Thank you, I hope they got a warning to them before ISIS did
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)10. Sort of depends on what the Russians did with the information
But even if the source was rescued, a valuable source has been wasted.
RedWedge
(618 posts)7. He has no idea. All that matters to him is what's happening in front of his face at the moment.
He is incapable of reflection or understanding consequences. Trying to attribute motivation to him is useless.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)9. drumpf doesn't care about anything or anyone past the end of his stuck-up nose.