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Intel Community Will Not Conduct Damage Assessment of Trumps Disclosure
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/16/intel-community-will-not-conduct-damage-assessment-of-trumps-disclosure/
Authorized or not, disclosures of classified intelligence are usually examined. Not this time.
By Jenna McLaughlin
May 16, 2017
The intelligence community will not be doing a damage assessment into President Donald Trumps disclosures of classified intelligence to Russian officials, Foreign Policy has learned.
The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump shared classified intelligence provided by a U.S. ally about potential ISIS plots with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during a meeting at the White House. The news touched off a political firestorm, with White House officials defending Trumps right to share intelligence, and critics accusing him of damaging national security.
Damage assessments, part of the intelligence communitys purview under the National Security Act of 1974, happen when there is an unauthorized disclosure, compromise, or mishandling of classified information to determine if theres any actual or potential damage to national security as a result.
The president is the ultimate declassification authority, meaning Trumps disclosure would not be deemed unauthorized, even if a foreign partner did not offer permission to share it. However, when classified information is disclosed, even if technically authorized, the intelligence community often does a damage assessmenteither formally or informallyto determine if sources and methods had been compromised, a former senior administration official told FP in a phone interview.
Its ultimately the ICs call, but [Im] surprised there wouldnt be one (even an informal one), in this case, the former senior administration official told FP in a text message.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)enough
(13,237 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)doing damage assessment...afterall, it is their spy who is in danger - due to this POS we have in the WH..
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Who to call/write?
CincyDem
(6,283 posts)Great quote on the topic from someone last night..."lawful but awful".
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)secret information the way Trump is. The Intelligence Community should push for Congress to do it's job, or do unauthorized leaks damaging to Trump.