re: McMasters Briefing on Russia Oval Office Meeting 10:30AM

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My guess is that the President can tell someone something in the confines of the Oval as he wishes.

However, a leaker may repeat something that, while perfectly ok to be shared in a closed environment, shouldn't go out to the unwashed masses. Also, even if the actual Intel isn't leaked, just leaking a topic of discussion that then gets into the media for the whole world to see, can put the subject of the Intel on guard and/or make them change plans or do a deeper dive into people in the inside to find the source of the Intel.

For example, say Trump tells the Russians which city the Intel came from. Russia will do with The info as they will, but not broadcast it. The leaker only gives the country. Bad guys in that country figure out where the information was discussed the most and start to zero in on where the information source is.

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ISIS would already know that the info on laptop bombs came from somewhere in their territory. If they got a specific city they could narrow it down. I am sure Syria would like to know about foreign spies as well.