re: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister

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No.

He said:"The story that came out tonight as reported is false"

Lots of wiggle room there.

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Holy shite you people are mental

Another person who has no clue how journalism works.

Have you ever heard of something called MacNeil/Lehrer journalism?

Here are a few points:

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Do nothing I cannot defend.

* Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me.

* Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story.

* Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am.

* Assume the same about all people on whom I report.

* Assume personal lives are a private matter, until a legitimate turn in the story absolutely mandates otherwise.

* Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories, and clearly label everything.

* Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes, except on rare and monumental occasions.

* No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously.

* And, finally, I am not in the entertainment business.

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I'm confused. What top secret information was disclosed?

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Code word level information - I.E. what that fake 4chan guy said Hillary was getting. A potential ISIS attack in some state of planning

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The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said. The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said Trump’s decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State.

After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency.

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One day after dismissing Comey, Trump welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key figure in earlier Russia controversies — into the Oval Office. It was during that meeting, officials said, that Trump went off script and began describing details of an Islamic State terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.

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“The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser, who participated in the meeting. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed, and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.

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This isn't a denial, it's a confirmation with a caveat.

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* Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes, except on rare and monumental occasions.

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More proof the leftist media is lacking in professionalism and is hyper partisan.

They just need to admit it and move on.

If he would've straight said "FALSE" you would just accuse him of lying

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Yall are so pathetic

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We'll see.

No need to be sharing secrets.

Talk softly and carry a big stick.

Bottom line, unless any of the 4 people in the room are tossed out on their arse within the next coming days. The info is false. Despite any perceived faults with Trump, you know he doesn't play that sh*t.

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If he would've straight said "FALSE" you would just accuse him of lying

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That's probably true. The Trump administration has given me ample reason to doubt its integrity.

The president sharing code word level information with a major foreign adversary that the source of the information wasn't prepared to share is monumental.

You are honestly saying you think the journalist should give up the source? The source faces years in prison if this is true.

Go ahead, defend that with another cut and paste from a journalism textbook instead of engaging in with the issue at hand.