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pnwmom

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12. They didn't have to be. What was said to have happened is that people who knew

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #11)

Mon May 15, 2017, 07:31 PM

May 2017

what he said (probably because they were there, or else because he told them) were so concerned that they went to the CIA and other intelligence people for damage control.

At that point some "US officials" started leaking to the press.

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BuzzFeed confirms the WA Post story. Official says, "It's far worse than what has been reported." [View all] pnwmom May 2017 OP

Should we be surprised? trof May 2017 #1

I'm certainly not. The asshat has no effing clue. lindysalsagal May 2017 #3

He doesn't care. DK504 May 2017 #20

I am, as a matter of fact. Orrex May 2017 #23

New York Times..link laserhaas May 2017 #2

Thank you! pnwmom May 2017 #5

Trump better hope it is not on tape ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #4

What, tapes that a TASS reporter might have? muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #7

Knowledgeable blogger suggests leak was done to inoculate against blackmail muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #24

This gives fRump too much credit. He's not smart enough to think this far. lindysalsagal May 2017 #25

I don't think he's suggesting Trump thought of it - McMaster, or someone in the CIA muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #26

Maybe THIS will be the piece that starts to crack the GOP wall in Congress ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #6

No, most are bankster puppets elmac May 2017 #21

Anyone know who leaked or how they knew this happened? Amaryllis May 2017 #8

Patriots who put country over party. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #10

of course, but were they in the room with him? I thought it was just him, the Russians, and the Amaryllis May 2017 #11

They didn't have to be. What was said to have happened is that people who knew pnwmom May 2017 #12

May these traitorous scumbags go down in flames. Initech May 2017 #9

tRump revealed city in which the intell was obtained. Big clue for adversaries, Hezbollah, Iran. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #13

tRump either massive doofus for leaking to RUSSIA of all countries OR it was on PURPOSE. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #14

COULD THE SENATOR BE ORRIN HATCH? bresue May 2017 #15

He's not on Intelligence. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #16

It comes from the same bragging zentrum May 2017 #17

Yup. And this was completely predictable. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #18

We know what the Republicans would say if a Dem President was even barely polite to Russians .... Shoonra May 2017 #19

Well, I wish/I like, but visions of calendar/working-days dance in my longing... UTUSN May 2017 #22