WAPO: Trump shared highly classified intel to Russians in Oval Office

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(05-16-2017, 03:54 PM)Benton Wrote: but it does.

As far as I know, he's not legally bound not to divulge military information from other countries/source. If it directly places US troops in harm's way, he would be. But without knowing what the info was (I'm not Russian, so obviously I'm going to be out of the loop on what the US is doing), if Trump was just giving up some other country's information, then he likely is legally in the clear.

Legally he is in the clear, as he has the power to declassify pretty much any information, however, the issue here is the lack of judgment and for that I'm not sure he will avoid consequences (in the form of losing major credibility with intel agencies).  You do bring up another point to consider here:  Are there any security compromises that have taken place because of the information becoming public?  We'll probably hear about this in more detail, but it seems McMaster was addressing this point with his responses.  It doesn't however, mitigate the lack of judgment show here in any way.  I suppose we shall see if there are any political consequences that follow.