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brooklynite

(94,361 posts)
Thu May 25, 2017, 01:15 PM May 2017

Manchester attack: UK halts sharing bombing intel with US

Source: CNN

Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi likely received some ISIS training by traveling to Syria in the months before the bombing, according to information gathered in the preliminary investigation into the attack, a US official told CNN Thursday. The US believes ISIS, through this training, set the stage for him to carry out his attack. Other members of Abedi's family are believed to have been radicalized as well, the official said.

Britain has suspended intelligence sharing on the Manchester bombing with the US after American officials leaked information to the media, an issue that British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to raise with US President Donald Trump.

US officials released the suspected bomber's name and other details of the investigation into the deadly attack at the Manchester Arena Monday night, irking British investigators scrambling to keep details of the probe confidential.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/europe/manchester-terror-attack-uk/index.html

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Manchester attack: UK halts sharing bombing intel with US (Original Post) brooklynite May 2017 OP
Dumbass Trump jpak May 2017 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2017 #2
In other words, Trump admin is endangering us all flibbitygiblets May 2017 #3
Wow. Can't say I blame them, but wow. Trump is damaging our country in SO many ways. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #4
It's a disturbing pattern with Trump. Qutzupalotl May 2017 #5
They're really isolating themselves. ucrdem May 2017 #6
Who Had an Intense Interest In Leaking Intel... TomCADem May 2017 #7
Britain? ucrdem May 2017 #8
a very dangerous situation elmac May 2017 #9
My bet is on pecosbob May 2017 #10

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
3. In other words, Trump admin is endangering us all
Thu May 25, 2017, 01:34 PM
May 2017

When our closest allies stop sharing intel because we can't be trusted not to blab, you know we're in deep doo.

What's it going to take for everyone in congress to grow a spine and denounce this amateur administration?

Qutzupalotl

(14,289 posts)
5. It's a disturbing pattern with Trump.
Thu May 25, 2017, 02:06 PM
May 2017

Revealing the location of an Israeli spy in ISIS to Russia, revealing submarine movements to Deuterte, and now this. The man can't keep a secret. The intel community was right to limit the daily briefings shared with this blabbermouth.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
6. They're really isolating themselves.
Thu May 25, 2017, 02:12 PM
May 2017

The PM evidently skipped the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, too. Re Manchester, the question that comes to mind is, what is it they don't want us to find out?

TomCADem

(17,382 posts)
7. Who Had an Intense Interest In Leaking Intel...
Thu May 25, 2017, 02:38 PM
May 2017

....that the bomber was muslim with ties to countries subject to Trump's Muslim ban?

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
8. Britain?
Thu May 25, 2017, 02:40 PM
May 2017

The sold Brexit as an anti-immigration policy and they've called for a snap general election on June 8.

pecosbob

(7,533 posts)
10. My bet is on
Thu May 25, 2017, 07:58 PM
May 2017

the Reichsminister for Propoganda, Steve Bannon. He makes a living at spreading gossip and lying to people.

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