As an ex-president, Trump could disclose the secrets he learned while in office, current and former

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As an ex-president, Trump could disclose the secrets he learned while in office, current and former officials fear

By Shane Harris at the Washington Post

November 10, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-possible-security-risk/2020/11/09/f19c853e-229e-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html

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As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. As an ex-president, there’s every reason to worry he will do the same, thus posing a unique national security dilemma for the Biden administration, current and former officials and analysts said.

All presidents exit the office with valuable national secrets in their heads, including the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, intelligence-gathering capabilities — including assets deep inside foreign governments — and the development of new and advanced weapon systems. 

But no new president has ever had to fear that his predecessor might expose the nation’s secrets as President-elect Joe Biden must with Trump, current and former officials said. Not only does Trump have a history of disclosures, he checks the boxes of a classic counterintelligence risk: He is deeply in debt and angry at the U.S. government, particularly what he describes as the “deep state” conspiracy that he says tried to stop him from winning the White House in 2016 and what he falsely claims is an illegal effort to rob him of reelection. 

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“Anyone who is disgruntled, dissatisfied or aggrieved is a risk of disclosing classified information, whether as a current or former officeholder. Trump certainly fits that profile,” said David Priess, a former CIA officer and author of “The President’s Book of Secrets,” a history of the top-secret intelligence briefings that presidents and their staff members receive while in office. 

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. He is selling our secrets now, it is why the State dept is being destroyed with traitors.

Traitor will devastate our country and our safety and 70 million FUCKING TRAITORS will support it.

[apcalc]

2. You think he " learned" ?

I can’t imagine him learning...

[Raven123]

3. Concerning to be sure.

On the other hand, Trump’s disinterest in reading and learning may limit the harm - i hope.

[Tanuki]

4. He also has hundreds of millions of dollars in personal debt, and no scruples,

so quite aside from being disgruntled and aggrieved, he is likely to sell our country's secrets to the highest bidder.

[PJMcK]

5. This is sort of silly

Trump barely remembers what is today’s date!

I’m far more concerned about Jared’s knowledge. He was denied a security clearance but then his father-in-law intervened. Jared is a young man with a fine memory. He’s the one we should be worried about.

[Evergreen Emerald]

6. He would be arrested and charged.

It illegal.

[uponit7771]

7. K&R, Anyone who thinks Trump hasn't already sold secrets thinks crap doesn't stink

[getagrip_already]

8. He is a sieve.... in one orifice, out another....

if he remembered anything at all, ihe blabbed it to whoever he was talking with to sound more important. But he likely gave different versions to everyone, embellishing them all.

With trump, it's in one orifice and out another in a much less interesting form.

But jared, that's who you have to watch. He gave mbs the info that got lot of people killed. And he has all the real daily briefings, and all the real intel.

He is the one we need to watch. daddy isjust a fool with a bad memory.

Junior and ivankas bitch are dangerous.

[2naSalit]

9. That's why I think he won't be

In the public eye after 1/20 because he is a nation security threat and will need to be sequestered, perhaps.

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. 70 million votes for this ASSHAT. The future of this country is dim.