re: So I set the alarm, woke up early and binge watched the news shows.

Who said it simply didn't happen. Even McMasters quote, which is being stripped of all comtext, says "didn't happen as written" which means if there's even the slightest misunderstanding in the story he's off the hook.

No one has yet come out and said:
Intelligence wasn't shared
This had been planned
The intelligence wasn't passed on from another agency
Sources have not been put at risk

They have denied that sources were revealed. Not the same thing.

Now the narrative is shifting to "yes but even if he did, he's allowed to". Again, the means apparently justifying the ends in our new president as king reality.

And Sasse is great, he always seems comfortable. He reminds me a bit of the scene in Adjustment Bureau when Matt Damon's character breaks off script and starts lamenting the $900 shoes chosen by a focus group. His Twitter photo was a selfie of him and his wife, when so many others are using a bland headshot with the flag. He's got game .