Last week, the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador visited the American President in the White House. It has been reported that during his meeting with the officials of Russia, Trump went off script and informed them of highly classified information. Former and current U.S., officials believe that if the information is true, Trump put a vital source of intelligence on the Islamic state in danger.
The information allegedly leaked by the president came from a U.S. partner through an arrangement of intelligence sharing. The information is said to be highly sensitive and the contents of it have been restricted even within the U.S., government.
The officials are shocked by Trump’s decision to share information that the U.S. government hasn’t even shared with their allies. If this report is true, the U.S. could lose their biggest information source of the Islamic state.
Trump was facing legal and political pressure on a number of Russia related queries. A day before his meeting with the Russian officials, Trump fired FBI director James B. Comey. Trump did this in the middle of an investigation of links between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. The president’s reason for this drastic step was, “this Russian thing” with no further information.
The information Trump has been accused of revealing, relates to a possible terrorist threat of using laptops on aircrafts. In all this Trump has the upper hand, being president gives him the power to declassify government secrets. Hence, once the conversation with the Russian officials is proved, Trump can simply declassify it, making it legal for him to discuss.
Officials close to the president deny these allegations and assure the people that Trump only discussed mutual concerns about terrorism.
The National Security advisor, H.R. McMaster was present during the meeting. He made a public statement, “The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation. At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed, and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.”
The Washington Post cracked this news and the editor in charge of the story has revealed that their source will remain silent but their information is legitimate.
