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Headline Roundup May 16th, 2017

WaPo: Highly Classified Info Was Released

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President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.

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Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Disclose Information to Russia
Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Disclose Information to Russia

Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump defended wanting to share terrorism intelligence with Russian officials in a White House meeting last week, saying he has the “absolute right” to do so.

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Deep State Leaks Highly Classified Info to Washington Post to Smear President Trump
Deep State Leaks Highly Classified Info to Washington Post to Smear President Trump

Breitbart News

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Current and former U.S. officials, supposedly concerned that President Trump had shared some “highly classified information” with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S. last week, leaked that information to the Washington Post in an article published Monday.

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Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats

Washington Post

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President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.

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