McMaster Now Says Reports Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intel False

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Source: Talking Points Memo

In a curt statement from the White House driveway, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster on Monday said an explosive Washington Post report that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials was, “as reported,” “false.”

Carefully choosing his words, McMaster said that Trump did not speak about “intelligence sources or methods” during a meeting last week in the Oval Office with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Post story does not allege that Trump divulged sources or methods in that meeting, but rather that the United States was not authorized to share the information the President revealed to the Russian officials about an Islamic State threat involving the use of laptop computers on aircraft. Anonymous officials familiar with the meeting told the newspaper that the conversation could jeopardize one of the intelligence community’s key sources on ISIL.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcmaster-report-trump-revealed-classified-information-russia-false

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You must listen carefully to the words he has chosen. The Chicago Tribune is reporting it's not really a denial.

Read Chicago Tribune Article Here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-hr-mcmaster-trump-classified-information-denial-20170515-story.html

[pnwmom]

1. He's a liar. The WA Post story never says that DT shared "sources or methods."

And McMasters cannot deny that DT DID share classified information.

[Rollo]

12. Trumpists prefer to construct straw men so they can bomb them to, well, bits of straw...

[JI7]

2. he is denying something that the Post is not claiming happened

they are not denying what the post reported he actually did.

[bettyellen]

3. Crappy inaccurate headline- he himeelf lies about the WaPo report

To make it sound like they made different claims than what they did. No responsible source should print lies for headlines.

[emulatorloo]

4. A non-denial denial. Yet another liar.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Mcmaster was there, of course he is going to cover his own ass.

He's a worthless piece of shit. A no good
Dirty bastard. He ought to swim out in the ocean until he can't swim anymore.

[ginnyinWI]

6. Word games. n/t

[LuckyLib]

7. Intelligence compromise requires revealing

content, methods, and sources. Lackeys can claim he did not leak methods or sources. The blabbing Trump did was likely information --some are saying from the Israelis, who are known to have extensive networks of intelligence. Trump is so dumb he wouldn't understand the risk.

[BarbD]

8. Oh what tangled webs we weave

When first we practice to deceive.

[ProudLib72]

9. What a load of shit

Time to pin him down and make him give a yes or no answer to the question, Did tRump share classified intel of any sort with the Russian ambassador? Hold him to it when he tries to weasel his way out.

[Still In Wisconsin]

10. Yes, what you said. Under oath. n/t

[Rollo]

11. Well, at least it wasn't about a threat involving the use of microwaves on aircraft...

...cause, you know, that could be illegal surveillance...

[DallasNE]

13. This Is Bad

McMaster threw up a straw man (sources or methods) then said the story is false as reported. But that is not what was reported. McMaster damages himself here because he is just muddying the water rather than addressing the issue head on. All just spin, spin, spin.

[murielm99]

14. I thought NcMaster was supposed to be

one of the good ones in 45's administration.

[mdbl]

16. The would be an oxymoron

there can't be any good ones in 45's administration. If he were a good one, he would have turned down the idiot who hired him.

[SunSeeker]

15. McMaster confirmed they were indeed talking about terrorist threats to "aviation."

In essence, he confirmed they were talking about sensitive intel on ISIS planning laptop bomb attacks on airplanes. That was what the WaPo story was about. He did not deny that the country that gave us this info did NOT give us permission to share it with anyone, nor did he deny that administration officials were forced to scramble to contain the damage by calling the CIA and NSA to give them a heads up that Trump blabbed this info to Lavrov. McMaster did not deny that Trump told Lavrov the name of the ISIS-controlled city related to this intel, thus potentially compromising sources. Indeed, the identity of the city was so sensitive WaPo said it would not reveal it in their story.

Instead, McMaster made shit up about the WaPo story that it did not say (that Trump directly revealed sources and methods) in order to have something to deny. Standard manipulative, dishonest hackery. That is why he refused to answer any questions from reporters and rushed back into the White House after barking out his "denial." McMaster joins the shameful ranks of Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, et al. in putting service to Trump over service to country. If there is a Hell, what is left of his soul will burn in it forever.

[Dorn]

17. When are DT's people going to stop kissing the ass that just pooped on them ?

[brooklynite]

18. McMaster might want to check with the boss this morning...

[yardwork]

19. I wonder what McMaster thinks of Donald's tweets this morning.

[mnhtnbb]

20. And here are the tweets

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Ligyron]

21. You know, Trumpy may have started the conversation that way.

But I'll bet by the time the Russians were done de-briefing the moron, they knew more about it than he did.

[NewRedDawn]

22. H.R." Puffenstuff Mrclean"

Another lying bootlicker party first traitor.

[cstanleytech]

23. Now we have Trump contradicting McMasters denial

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141775945
Anyone taking bets on how many capsules of Ibuprofen H.R. is popping right now?

[Nitram]

24. Key words, "as reported." That means any small error makes the statement true.

They also said sources and means were not revealed, but the information shared could make it possible to infer both of those.