{"id":66129,"date":"2017-02-15T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66129"},"modified":"2017-02-15T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:51:51","slug":"trump-intelligence-community-giving-out-classified-information-to-press-like-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66129","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Intelligence community giving out classified information to press \u2018like candy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/377420-trump-russian-connection-nonsense\/video\/\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\/><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has criticized the US intelligence community for allegedly leaking classified information to the media, responding to the latest report on alleged communications between his campaign aides and Russian intelligence agents.<\/p>\n<p>Trump tweeted that information is <em>\u201cbeing illegally given to the failing @nytimes &amp; @washingtonpost by the intelligence community,\u201d<\/em> wondering whether the NSA and FBI could be behind the leaks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Information is being illegally given to the failing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@washingtonpost<\/a> by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/831840306161123328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a later post, he said it was \u201cvery un-American\u201d that classified information \u201cis illegally given out by \u2018intelligence\u2019 like candy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by &quot;intelligence&quot; like candy. Very un-American!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/831853862281699331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The remarks came after the New York Times and CNN ran a story based on anonymous sources, which claimed that several associates of Trump had regular contact with Russian intelligence and other officials during his election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The president dismissed the reports as \u201cnon-sense,\u201d attributing them to an attempt to cover up the failure of his rival Hillary Clinton in the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton&#39;s losing campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/831837514226921472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He also praised Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake for his views on the intelligence community\u2019s role in current US politics, apparently referring to his piece on the resignation of Michael Flynn. In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2017-02-14\/the-political-assassination-of-michael-flynn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">column<\/a>, Lake said <em>\u201cin normal times,\u201d<\/em> intelligence leaks to the media on intercepted communications of top US officials <em>\u201cwould alarm those worried about creeping authoritarianism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View &#8211; &quot;The NSA &amp; FBI&#8230;should not interfere in our politics&#8230;and is&quot; Very serious situation for USA<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/831842652085686273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin described the reports on alleged contact between Trump\u2019s associates and Russian intelligence as \u201claughable\u201d and lacking verifiable facts.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThose reports are not based on concrete facts,\u201d<\/em> Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, noting that <em>\u201cthere are five different sources in the story and none is named. So you see, really laughable stories are now given a go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/377420-trump-russian-connection-nonsense\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/377420-trump-russian-connection-nonsense\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com US President Donald Trump has criticized the US intelligence community for allegedly leaking classified information to the media, responding to the latest report on alleged communications between his campaign aides and Russian intelligence agents. 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