Trump revealed classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador

[catographer]

Also I am baffled that he would do this in a meeting he knows that is widely monitored. This is with the Russians. Is this man that incompetent truly?

I mean, he allowed an unauthorized Russian photographer to get in (and possibly bug the place). From what I read in the article, looks like Trump probably didn't realize the degree of how sensitive the info was. Probably thought he was just helping Russia so we could work with them better. Also, Presidents have discretion to declassify any info they'd like, so Trump probably didn't break any laws. He's just a complete nincompoop; and for all the Republicans who hated Hillary for irresponsibly sharing classified emails, go after Trump just as hard or else you're hypocrites.

[catographer]

Who the heck would leak this? That's my concern.

As much as I believe Trump could do this, it's hard to believe that anyone in the room would leak this -- at least on this side. It would have only been the upper circle in the room, correct? So wouldn't the leak be more likely to have come from the Russians? I'm totally willing to believe this, but it seems just... a bit off. I don't know.

This is my point. If this hurts our credibility, why would a concerned leaker not just let it kept secret? That way, our allies wouldn't even know about it.

Leaking this is in and of itself a security issue.

same logic: we never should have learned that clinton mishandled classified info because it make us look bad and could be a security issue.