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Chemisse

(31,301 posts)

4. What the hell?

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2017, 09:07 PM

May 2017

They can't even keep a minor secret for 12 hours?!

From: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/23/trump-administration-manchester-bomber-name-leak

Freedman, professor of war studies at King’s College, London, was asked in a tweet why the US would have disclosed the name. Freedman replied: “An American colleague suggests simple indiscipline. Showing off what they know.”

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WTF? Trump admin leaked the name of the Manchester bomber? [View all] maxrandb May 2017 OP

may just have been a dumb mistake. elleng May 2017 #1

? sarisataka May 2017 #2

Just saw that on Maddow's show. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #3

What the hell? Chemisse May 2017 #4

jebus! Kali May 2017 #9

My God orangecrush May 2017 #11

To get the Arabic sounding name MFM008 May 2017 #5

Here's the story from the Guardian! WITAF! TheDebbieDee May 2017 #6

WTF? Every damn day it is WTF? Turn this movie off. n/t rzemanfl May 2017 #7

Other than the "corner of my eye" you supplied no evidence for the OP. former9thward May 2017 #8

The Brits seem pissed about it maxrandb May 2017 #10

Care to retract your attack on me now that the UK has stopped sharing intel with us maxrandb May 2017 #12

No. former9thward May 2017 #13

Be thankful that Trump wasn't president during WWII Yavin4 May 2017 #14

CNN was on this - To me it looks like Trump&co are trying to blame the NYTimes for publishing anneboleyn May 2017 #15