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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
38. Indeed, you don't declassify by spilling the beans. You follow a defined process.
Mon May 22, 2017, 11:00 AM
May 2017

Which Trump DID NOT do and likely has no notion about it as a rank amateur at government and at following pesky rules in general.

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
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