I think McMasters or Tillerson both in the room would not have let Trump reveal classified info...
My call:
* The president actually
does get to decide what information he shares with foreign leaders,
classified or unclassified, with restrictions applicable only depending on the information's
source, which means . . .
* Assuming Donaldus Minimus did share classified information with Russia's foreign minister and
ambassador about ISIS, the question isn't the information in question.
* The question, instead, would seem to be---as the two
Post reporters noted---the information
in question was obtained a) from another U.S. ally or its representative; and, b) if it came through
a highly-sensitive intelligence-sharing agreement, as the Post reporters suggest, whether the
or not the U.S. president had permission under that intel-share agreement to share it with particular
countries.
* If Russia was one of the countries the U.S. president was
not permitted to share the
information with according to the conditions of the intel-share that produced it, Donaldus Minimus
in sharing it with Russia
may have compromised a critical intelligence source, even one the U.S.
cannot afford to lose.
The key word is
may. Hope that
if he shared classified information with the Russian
representatives it was information
not restricted by whatever intel-source share produced it.
