US secretary of state flies to Britain to say sorry for Manchester leaks
Source: Guardian
Rex Tillersons unprecedented public apology in person shows seriousness of rift over intelligence sharing
Ewen MacAskill Defence and security correspondent
Friday 26 May 2017 10.04 EDT
The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has flown to the UK to deliver in person an apology for leaks by US officials of details of the police investigation into the Manchester bombing.
Tillerson, who met the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, said: We take full responsibility for that and we obviously regret that that happened. With respect to the release of information inappropriately
certainly we condemn that.
Such a public apology by a senior US politician and flying to London specifically to make it is unprecedented in US-UK relations. That the Trump administration felt the need to make such a gesture illustrates the seriousness of this weeks rift.
This special relationship that exists between our two countries will certainly withstand this particular unfortunate event, Tillerson said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/26/us-secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-britain-sorry-manchester-leaks
teezy
(269 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)This is the first time we've seen any life signs outta our esteemed and totally inept SOS. There just HAS TO BE some fucking OIL ANGLE to this kerfuffle to bring this ass hat's head out of his shell. Ut! I feel a Tillerson clone coming on! 'scuse me while I give birth to it! --->
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)'.....an apology for leaks by US officials of details of the police investigation into the Manchester bombing."
Sure sounds like it could be the perfect opportunity for an intentional leak, that is a excuse or ploy to create movement and sympathy for a *Rump State crackdown and investigation of alleged IC leaks that are not favorable to this idiot administration.
We are all aware of how much these clowns love the patriot IC.
I would not put it past the Fetid Scum like Bannon & company to do such a thing, a sort of false flag op.
Look! A squirrel! There is no Russia!
Wonder what Malcom would say...?
LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)than the fetid swamp of the Trump cabal connections with Russia.