White House Identifies Three Leakers of Classified Information
Source: Original post CBS
CBS News has confirmed that the White House has identified three leakers of classified information who are expected to be fired. Mike Baker, a former CIA covert operations officer, joined CBSN to discuss the severity of the leaks and what could happen to the leakers.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politicsvideo/white-house-identifies-three-leakers-of-classified-information/vi-BBBDYmj
What WH leakers? Has anyone heard anymore about this subject?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)sometimes you need to buy some witches to show off.
A full pardon is your Christmas present.
More diversion which Mueller will ignore, maybe.
bresue
(1,007 posts)But cannot find out anymore on other media sites.
By way, were there any bombshell leaks today? I must have missed them?
7962
(11,841 posts)And he shouldnt. NO ONE should be leaking classified info to the public; i dont care how high the dislike of trump is. They can expose wrongdoings without exposing classified info
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)And of course, any REAL classified info he leaks is, by definition, legal, since he's the President.
Nixon said the same thing. "If the President does it, it's legal."
7962
(11,841 posts)As much as he may WANT that to be the case
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)The WH and its apologists have made "leaks" a bigger threat than "treason" or "collusion." So, in true form, they want to get some optics out about being tough on leakers. They just needed some leakers. Hey, what a surprise -- they suddenly found some leakers!!
"OK, folks, we got the perps. Nothing to see here. Crisis averted. Move along..."
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)of course, whatever they leaked kind of gets confirmed when you fire them.
bresue
(1,007 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)otherwise this is just another FF45 scam to play up to the GOP "leakers should expose our bad acts" narrative.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)"Leaks" are real info, disclosed without consent. So, they're admitting the fake news is real then?
bresue
(1,007 posts)and Dump believes we are dumb!
christx30
(6,241 posts)spooky3
(34,439 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Is that for something even bigger?
Apparently he needs a lot of follower bots to spread his fake news.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)some very big, YUUGE, fake news about to be spread as something genuine
this is a war for truth, logic, reason
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)(I'm guessing this might be at least partially a Russian assist) is making the MSM and most semi sane people already know he's a lying sack of pigpoo so we have a chance to win this. Plus Twitter is aware that they screwed up during the election and aren't happy about it so they may help a bit more too.
Trump and Putin may have a numbers advantage but they won't win this one. We can't let them there's to much at stake... like our beloved constitution and millions of very REAL lives.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)If they actually leaked classified intel they should be in jail.
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)Prosecutions about handling classified information are rare and usually only accompanied by even more serious charges. That's a major reason why he recommended not charging Hillary.
PSPS
(13,591 posts)Yeah, sure, "That's a major reason why he recommended not charging Hillary." Nice try, but please try again.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,994 posts)What part of http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/white-house-identifies-three-leakers-of-classified-information/ URL do you not understand? The cbsnews.com part?
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Why wouldn't it be on the CBS news site? Not some link to a video burried deep on an offshoot video site of CBS? Why didn't ANY other real media like CNN, NBC, ABC, or NY Times pick up on it?
bresue
(1,007 posts)but if this article had any truth to it. My comment on the posting was
"What WH leakers? Has anyone heard anymore about this subject?"
So please don't get upset at me for asking a question.
White House identifies three leakers of classified information.
When was the last time any truth came out of the WH?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)So it looks like this crap came from the WH as WaPo and the NYT are not biting.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)I work a lot and miss a lot of current news....of course all of these bombshells and leaks are coming so fast, that everyone is having trouble keeping up. And this was such a strange one.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Tactical Peek
(1,208 posts)Might be why the coverage is not so high profile.
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)accurate, verifiable news.
You are wasting our time.
bresue
(1,007 posts)enough to ask a question that is intriguing us? Or should we send all questions first to a professor, before we ask?
obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)Where are the facts?
This board has protocols and rules. Follow them.
bresue
(1,007 posts)Could we create a new board which we post questions on what is 'fake' versus 'real' news?
I am concerned that we have so many MSM news stories getting shoved at us....that it is difficult to determine what is truth. And I do enjoy the Discussion board, but I did not want to post this question here...because I only wanted a yes or no vote from the group on the authenticity of the article. And I really did not believe it was an editorial...because I don't have enough knowledge to editorialize. And I did not sense to post to video board because it was questionable.
I am knew to this board....but I have become addicted to DU because I feel I get the truth which I do not from MSM. I have found at times, I have difficulty navigating around this site to get information on a particular subject. And I waited quite a while for this particular story to get a review, but found no one had posted nor commented on it (I use search option often). My question to the group was "Is this story a late breaking news report or a dud?" No more and no less.
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)we don't want to be like the Reich, do we?
That headline about leakers being identified was misleading at the very least,
and that link should not have been posted.
How did you know I am a professor?
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)He does not even know the three names (he suggests they might even be Brits!), so why are they even interviewing him? And he appears to be taking the interview from his bed. Very odd.
They then start asking him about other news items, since they apparently have air time to kill, giving him an opportunity to argue that Trump not reaffirming Article 5 is no big deal and neither is Jared's secret channel to the Kremlin, that the media "will always find something" to pick on "the new administration" about. Baker is full of shit. And needs a shave and a cup of coffee.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Progressive dog
(6,900 posts)and not on CBS homepage. I wonder if RT and Sputnik have it yet?
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)that same story line can be found going back more than a week ago. Even before May 22nd.
Must be some story when its being covered byt such news stalwarts as Stormfront.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Interviews, book deals.
It's a problem. Unless he required a contract upon employment where they agreed not to speak about their time in the administration for a certain number of years.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)jpak
(41,757 posts)OnDoutside
(19,953 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)Maybe?
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)wishstar
(5,268 posts)Sounds to me like this is disinfo put out by Trump camp meant to discourage and intimidate potential leakers and as a distraction for Trump's base to focus on instead of the Trump/Russia connections. But it is possible Trump's paranoia has caused him to suspect WH staffers of leaks coming from WH (non political workers on staff who were kept on from previous administration such as the elevator operator who was recently let go)
NY Post's John Crudele who writes poorly written opinionated articles with pro-Trump spin and is not a reliable news source, claims to have source who says DOJ has gotten FISA warrant to eavesdrop on journalists who have been recipients of leaks and that focus is on a former US military person with ties to IC who was getting info from three WH staffers who were also there in Obama Admin. Story says these staffers have either already been fired or will be fired and have been referred to DOJ for investigation.
Sounds like jumbled up bogus story. Doesn't make sense that there would be any Obama holdovers still in WH with any access to classified info and if low level staffers leaked vague personnel rumors such as about infighting, those leaks wouldn't involve classified info and would not justify DOJ investigation.
bresue
(1,007 posts)I have to agree with these thoughts!