Fact Checker - Translating McMaster's rhetoric on the Russia-leak story
Fact Checker
Translating McMaster’s rhetoric on the Russia-leak story
By Glenn Kessler May 16 at 2:24 PM
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The Bottom Line
In the course of two media appearances, McMaster essentially confirmed that:
1. The president discussed highly classified information regarding the laptop threat with the Russian foreign minister.
2. The intelligence came from a third country.
3. Trump named the city whether the intelligence was gathered.
4. Trump did this on the spur of the moment.
5. A White House aide informed the CIA and NSA that the intelligence was disclosed.
These are the key factual elements of the Post article. The only real issue in dispute is whether Trump’s actions hurt the intelligence-gathering methods of the United States and intelligence cooperation with friendly countries. That will be up to the judgment of history.
Full article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/16/translating-mcmasters-rhetoric-on-the-russia-leak-story/
