Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Say

[leftynyc]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current and a former American official familiar with how the United States obtained the information. The revelation adds a potential diplomatic complication to the episode.

Israel is one of the United States’ most important allies and a major intelligence collector in the Middle East. The revelation that Mr. Trump boasted about some of Israel’s most sensitive information to the Russians could damage the relationship between the two countries. It also raises the possibility that the information could be passed to Iran, Russia’s close ally and Israel’s main threat in the Middle East.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/world/middleeast/israel-trump-classified-intelligence-russia.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65307282&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0

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Screwing over the mossad doesn't seem very smart to me. Now whatever the degenerate told Russia is in the hands of Iran and hezbollah.

[murielm99]

1. Oh, they should not mess with mossad.

WTG, trump.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Trump had no right to share that information with Russia.

If Israel wanted Russia to know about the surveillance and possible action, it would have directly told Russia itself.

There has to be special protection for information given to the WH and its agencies with the expectation of secrecy and discretion.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Mr Trump, Mr Trump

Sheldon Adelson on line two.

[mucifer]

4. The NYT shouldn't be giving out this info.

WaPo was told not to tell us. I wonder why the NYT decided it was ok.

[geek tragedy]

5. public has a right to know what the Russians know nt

[nycbos]

10. All this does is piss off an ally that is essential l...

...for the counter terrorism effort. Do you think that would be willing to share information now?

[geek tragedy]

17. That ally already knows that Trump blabbed their information.

It's nonsensical to blame the press for reporting what Trump did.

[nycbos]

19. You can report the story without naming the country.

By withholding it you can maybe buy them time to contain the damage.

[geek tragedy]

20. The public has a right to know, the blame lies fully on the blabber in chief nt

[nycbos]

21. No doubt it is on the blabber

[ck4829]

11. Yep. If US gov knows something, Kremlin knows something, but US citizens are in the dark then

We no longer have a government that represents us, but represents Putin.

[elfin]

15. They are in a pissing match with WaPo about scoops

This was the first possible source I thought of.

I agree NYT should have held back.

Dump's trip to the Western Wall gets even more problematic.

In fact, the whole trip and his *residency also become more problematic.

[SHRED]

6. Shit meets fan

[BainsBane]

7. Turns out Bibi bet on the wrong guy

I don't know how he couldn't see what a disaster Trump would be. It was obvious from his campaign.

[benpollard]

8. Sharing info gathered by U.S. intelligence is one thing...

... but sharing information provided by another country is just plain asinine. I don't think the president is allowed to disclose information top-secret information provided by Israel. That jeopardizes their security.

[Bradical79]

12. He's allowed to share whatever he wants

The President is the ultimate authority on intelligence classification and who the info gets shared with. The check on that power should probably be congress and impeachment, but the majority party has enabled all this, betraying our nation in the process.

[moda253]

18. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[demmiblue]

9. What a clusterfuck.

[NCjack]

13. Bibi is owed. #45 will end Jonathan Pollard's parole and deliver him to Bibi. nt

[BeyondGeography]

14. Hey, Israeli gov't, missing me yet?

[jpak]

16. When Cheeto arrives in Israel - Bibi should fart in his general direction

yup

[Txbluedog]

22. When Cheeto meets his maker soon we'll now know which Intelligence Agency was behined it

[truthisfreedom]

23. So what do we know?

Israel is the source of intelligence regarding something to do with laptops on planes. Trump has revealed that, including details of the intelligence like the city where the threat originated to Russians visiting the White House including an invetted photographer who we know released photographs which 45 was assured would be kept private.

So what can we expect? Nobody in their right mind will share sensitive intel with the WH unless they want it leaked.

[Enoki33]

24. Wasn't there a report some months ago that Israel was warning

about sharing intelligence with the trump admin.?
Edit: l got it wrong. It was US officials warning Israel to be careful about sharing.
Israel's recent response of their worst fears coming true is enlightening.

[yurbud]

25. Trump has now burned CIA, FBI, Israel...why doesn't he just kick some Cuban exiles & the mafia?

and get it over with?

[tanyev]

26. Well, his upcoming trip should be very interesting.

[0rganism]

27. that was my first thought too - destination Middle East!

maybe the heightened tensions will help keep his puffy eyes open when he's not on the golf course

[sarisataka]

28. Well if Russia didn't tell them

They know now. Might as well go ahead and name the source in the New York Times too