# Trump reveals secret information **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692 "2017-05-15T21:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/81 "2017-05-17T01:58:11Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > According to one conservative blogger, the leaks came from a Trump supporter, who was trying to shock Trump into being more careful about how he handles our secrets. i don’t know his reputation for accuracy though. He is a conservative blogger, so I’m going to guess it’s not great. > > [http://theresurgent.com/i-know-one-of-the-sources/](http://theresurgent.com/i-know-one-of-the-sources/) That’s Erick Erickson, formerly of RedState. He’s probably above average for conservative commentators. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/82 "2017-05-17T02:17:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > That’s Erick Erickson, formerly of RedState. > > He’s probably above average for conservative commentators. Low bar. He’s a horrible dumbfuck, but at least he hates Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/83 "2017-05-17T02:26:30Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Did you see the alternative? You mean that Republican governor that cut regulations, reduced government spending, and was massively popular during both of his terms? Yes. I voted for him in the election. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/84 "2017-05-17T02:34:10Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Lebanon '82? > Lebanon '2006 > Anything to do do with Hizbullah > Iraqi moves in 1990 > Rise of Al Qaeda > Rise of ISIS > The Arab Spring > Hamas’s rise > Syrian civil war start > Iranian nuclear policy. > Your ire as a taxpayer should be at your intel agencies for consistently missing these events, not me. What do you mean exactly when you say “missed”? Do you mean failed to prevent, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/85 "2017-05-17T02:50:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Bush had a pet name for Putin, Pootie-Poot. They seemed to be pretty close. > [Bush's love of Pootie-Poot Putin | World news | The Guardian](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/20/russia.usa) > IIRC Putin visited him at the Crawford ranch. Oh wow, you found a fucking nickname? Impressive. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/86 "2017-05-17T02:51:51Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Did you see the alternative? > > The people are fucked, why not blow the whole game up. No, just fuck no. The fact that Hillary wasn’t squeaky clean is no justification at all to vote for this sonofabitch and if you really truly believe that you’re not qualified to participate in democratic elections. Just stay the fuck home next election. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692/87 "2017-05-17T03:06:01Z")
Remember when Republicans said Clinton shouldn’t get intel briefings because of her careless handling of classified information? [Big yawn.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republicans-change-their-tune-the-mishandling-classified-info/amp) > [@](#): > > On July 5, 2016, then-FBI Director James Comey said Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be indicted over her email server protocols, but Comey nevertheless said the former secretary of state had been “extremely careless” in the way in which she handled classified information. For Republicans, that criticism was a launching pad. > > Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for example, almost immediately said Clinton’s “mishandling of classified information was disgraceful and unbecoming of someone who aspires to the presidency. There is simply no excuse… Her actions were grossly negligent, damaged national security and put lives at risk.” > > Asked today about Donald Trump sharing highly sensitive secrets with Russia, Rubio said the president’s careless is “less than ideal,” but the Florida Republican added, “It is what it is.” > > wo days after Rubio’s Clinton condemnation, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) called for intelligence agencies to deny Clinton intelligence briefings for the rest of the campaign season. The message was straightforward: > > ``` > "It's simple: Individuals who are ‘extremely careless’ [with] classified info should be denied further access to it." > > ``` > > The day before Ryan’s declaration, 14 Republican senators introduced legislation to revoke Clinton’s security clearance and demand that anyone in the executive branch who shows “extreme carelessness” in their handling of classified information be denied access to that information. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692.md?page=4)