It is now officially the 2017 Battle of the Anonymous Government Officials. https://t.co/t0aAtNVhBS
— Koen Swinkels (@KoenSwinkels) May 16, 2017
After the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump revealed “highly classified” info to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, President Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster addressed the media and issued a denial:
‘It didn’t happen’: H.R. McMaster calls WaPo’s Trump report ‘false’ https://t.co/3v5gHjFzOu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 15, 2017
NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel added this to the mix:
Us intel official tells me trump told russians about laptop airline threat. Told it wasnt anything they didnt already know. @washingtonpost
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) May 16, 2017
Does that make it a bigger deal, or a smaller deal? It’s going to depend on who you ask:
Well, up, yes, the whole world knew about the threat, because the TSA banned laptops. What they didn't know was the source agency and city. https://t.co/OlH9hOs1B2
— Fred N. (@LesserFrederick) May 16, 2017
But IMPEACH NOW, or something. https://t.co/MSL0hIQD3k
— Just Sham (@itsShamsFault) May 16, 2017
@RichardEngel @washingtonpost It doesn't matter if they already knew. He did what he accused HRC of doing for months. He put our allies and IC community in jeopardy.
— LynneGuire (@LynneGuire) May 16, 2017
Media "wanted to believe" because Trump has broken them https://t.co/2BJaq8V1qw
— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) May 16, 2017
In fact, most anyone paying attention knew. Devil is in the details tho. https://t.co/oWfjpg0uHp
— Just Karl (@justkarl) May 16, 2017
If that's what all this amounts to then Wash Post has some serious essplainin to do https://t.co/NV5VOuBLzt
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 16, 2017
Lol. If this ends up being it…wow. https://t.co/5ErRIuPsZG
— Matthew Bell (@iMattBell) May 16, 2017
@RichardEngel @HotlineJosh @washingtonpost Have you even read the second half of the Post story? About the ease of identifying and disrupting the source from the information he gave?
— Peter Quince (@bassharborhead) May 16, 2017
Defcon 5 over literally nothing…yet again https://t.co/XmpU2jZVWL
— Rob Griesemer (@rgriesemer3) May 16, 2017
@RichardEngel @washingtonpost THIS is top secret treasonous offence to share? Isn't the booby trapped laptop on planes old news already?
— Naseer Ahmad (@manfromatlan) May 16, 2017
@RichardEngel @washingtonpost Smells like Wash. Post clickbait, unnamed sources, and hype.
— Daniel Miller 30 (@danielmiller30) May 16, 2017
@RichardEngel @guypbenson @washingtonpost It's not like Trump was caught on an open mic saying he'd be more flexible after his reelection.
— Randy Farris (@Gdogscoach) May 16, 2017
Care to comment, @washingtonpost? https://t.co/kRxHIWut8U
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 16, 2017
Stay tuned.
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