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mr_lebowski

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32. Uh, yes ... what the poster said is generally 'how stuff goes down' ... in a normal scenario ...

Sun May 21, 2017, 07:11 PM

May 2017

It's highly unusual (and dare i say, highly improper) for a POTUS to 'declassify' highly sensitive material by means of blurting it out to officials from freakin' Russia, visiting the Oval Office, with the US media kept out, and only Russian media present ... ESPECIALLY without getting permission from the ally that provided said Top Secret info.

I'd go so far as to say it's 'unprecedented', because as the poster you're responding to said, there's normally a declassification 'process', one which is not done when the intel involves still-active concerns like ISIS.

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Trump DIDN'T DECLASSIFY! He passed secrets on to a foreign adversary!!! [View all] ElementaryPenguin May 2017 OP

republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief* pisses all over America's security Achilleaze May 2017 #1

Indeed he does. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #3

Speaking as an outsider.... physioex May 2017 #2

There's a whole procedure that wasn't followed... ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #4

Indeed, you don't declassify by spilling the beans. You follow a defined process. L. Coyote May 2017 #38

Uh, no. WinkyDink May 2017 #25

Uh, yes ... what the poster said is generally 'how stuff goes down' ... in a normal scenario ... mr_lebowski May 2017 #32

Unprecedented. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #33

Yes! He passed ANOTHER country's secrets on to a foreign adversary!!! Madam45for2923 May 2017 #5

Right. Which made it even worse. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #6

republican Draft Dodger also be endangering our troops Achilleaze May 2017 #23

He's endangered with several actions already, ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #31

Don't hold your breath waiting for legal action based on the disclosure onenote May 2017 #7

Thanks for the info. But the defense the GOP members kept making ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #8

Great point Penguin! Have not heard anyone pointing this out!!! Akamai May 2017 #24

Here's something to consider. Igel May 2017 #9

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #10

FDR is irrelevant. Russia became our ally DURING WWII, and our enemy POST-WWII. The latter status WinkyDink May 2017 #26

Winky, I think you're missing my point about FDR. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #30

Your thread title says truth precisely & accurately. Next up: the Israel he betrayed. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #11

That's going to be interesting - and extremely awkward. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #12

Israel is a democracy. To call Netanyahu a dictator is not only crass; it is not correct. WinkyDink May 2017 #28

I believe Netanyahu stole the last election, but... ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #29

Exactly. Afterwards, the Shart House told the press not to print the info Shitler gave the Ruskies. SunSeeker May 2017 #13

I know. Why isn't more being made of this?? ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #14

Maybe he just gave them the pertinent clearance. bluedigger May 2017 #15

To drumpf - you and I don't need to know ANYTHING! ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #17

Exactly, he just blurted it out like the total shit he is. BSdetect May 2017 #16

Lock. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #19

Excellent point! kentuck May 2017 #18

Precisely, Kentuck... ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #20

kick for visibility triron May 2017 #21

Good point treestar May 2017 #22

...but we can't. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #27

k&r BSdetect May 2017 #34

So he declassified what he told the Russians but we can't know what it was because it's classified. Towlie May 2017 #35

Gentlemen, there's no fighting in here NewJeffCT May 2017 #36

Trumpeteers accept this without questioning... ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #39

K&R. dchill May 2017 #37

Trump probably reclassified the secrets Progressive dog May 2017 #40

That would magnify the crime, actually. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #41

Per his spokespeople Progressive dog May 2017 #44

Hence tiptonic May 2017 #42

Benedict Donald! ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #43

knr LaydeeBug May 2017 #45