So, if Trump gave the Russians our nuclear launch codes, you would shrug your shoulders and say ‘Hey, he’s allowed to do that if he sees fit’?
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Spin is taking regular day to day duties of the president and spinning it to make him look bad for the sake of a story.
They’re doing this to inflate a dying Russia Trump story
I wasn’t asking what spin was, simply asking what is there to spin? Did Trump share classified information that he was not supposed to share at this time, Yes or No? Could you then say he handled it appropriately, Yes or No?
Hmm…Were the WH spooks engaging in spin when they move quickly and desperately to contain the damage?
"Senior White House officials appeared to recognize quickly that Trump had overstepped and moved to contain the potential fallout. Thomas P. Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, placed calls to the directors of the CIA and the NSA, the services most directly involved in the intelligence-sharing arrangement with the partner.
One of Bossert’s subordinates also called for the problematic portion of Trump’s discussion to be stricken from internal memos and for the full transcript to be limited to a small circle of recipients, efforts to prevent sensitive details from being disseminated further or leaked.
White House officials defended Trump. “This story is false,” said Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser for strategy. “The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced.”
But officials could not explain why staff members nevertheless felt it necessary to alert the CIA and the NSA."
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Sharing code-word level intelligence with a non-ally is not day to day duties of a United States President.
Can’t wait for Hannity to call for impeachment.
“Under 18 USC 793 subsection F, the information does not have to be classified to count as a violation. The intelligence source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the ongoing probe, said the subsection requires the “lawful possession” of national defense information by a security clearance holder who “through gross negligence,” such as the use of an unsecure computer network, permits the material to be removed or abstracted from its proper, secure location.”
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You say that as if it’s a bad or invalid form of argument.
"Contain the potential fallout "
There’s your spin
Managing geopolitical relations is.
Who are any of us from the position we are to assume he made some grave error.
No its pumped up because it involves Russia
That’s not how I read that sentence; rather, I think “potential fallout” refers to compromising our relationship with the country from whom the intelligence stream was flowing.
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Of course, that’s what it means.
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I don’t know if this is accurate or not, but if it is I don’t see how even the most ardent Trump supporter can defend it. Trump weakened US intelligence gathering capabilities and thus National Defense, period. It’s indefensible.
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Not to put words in your mouth, but you seem to be suggesting that @therajraj was offering an obviously incorrect interpretation for the purpose of casting his ‘team’ in the best possible light. There’s a name for that sort of action, isn’t there?
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I can think of a lot of words to call it…
Yep, and he’s failing on that count - because he’s carelessly sharing code-word level Intel with a country that is not our ally.[quote=“therajraj, post:631, topic:226860”]
Who are any of us from the position we are to assume he made some grave error.
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View the facts reported - if it isn’t a grave error, why are NatSec staff scrambling to strike the disclosure from memoranda, etc.? Do you understand how any of this works?[quote=“therajraj, post:631, topic:226860”]
No its pumped up because it involves Russia
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No, it’s “pumped up” because the current “downward spiral” underway shows the most incompetent man ever elected to the office.
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IT’S JUST GAME BRO WHY DO YOU LOVE HILLARY CLINTON SO MUCH
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McMaster already came out and said the story as reported is false
Correct, he sure did, only for his boss to contradict that denial and humiliate him by admitting that, yes, he shared intel.
Get it? The credible McMaster takes the podium to respond and say it didn’t happen. Overnight on Twitter, Trump says, yep, it totally happened.
Now, McMaster’s credibility is wrecked - Trump either lied to McMaster or he asked McMaster to lie for him and he did. Either way, McMaster has been dumped on.
Downward spiral.
Trump admitted he shared Intel, where is the evidence it was some grave error that hurt the US strategically?
