President Donald trump on Tuesday defended their right to share «facts related to terrorism» and safety with Russia, saying in a pair of tweets that he has «absolute right» to that, as President.
As President I wanted to share with Russia (an openly scheduled at W. H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, the facts pertaining….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
«As President, I wanted to share with Russia (at the open meeting in the White house) where I have an absolute right to do so, the facts relating to».
…to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
«… terrorism and safety. For humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to step up their fight against ISIL and terrorism.».
Tweets of the President was not told was whether voiced the Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to US Sergey Kislyak information secret. Nevertheless, the high confidentiality of the data disclosed by trump, insisted to the Associated Press, citing an anonymous high-ranking official of the United States. Similar charges appeared on the pages of the Washington Post. The publication reports that some of the information disclosed by trump, was so secret that its not reported even allies of the United States. In particular, it is reported that the President has in detail told Lavrov about the threat of Islamic terrorism during air travel, using portable computer technology.
The New York Times argues that the content of the data announced by the President, Russia can easily install them source, which puts the latter at risk.
Officials of the White house, including Deputy presidential adviser on national security Dina Powell, vying argue that this is a lie and the President did not disclose classified information. A similar position was taken and the official representatives of the Kremlin.
At the same time, the trump does not deny the disclosure of information but it explains the desire to «help Russia» to step up the fight against ISIS and terrorism in Syria.
In the EU say that such behavior of the President of the United States may lower the level of trust between the countries in terms of exchange of confidential information.
Worry particularly about the incident, experts say, is Israel, which is a major collector of intelligence in the middle East for the United States. So, there are fears that the confidential information provided US, may be received by Iran — an ally of Russia and main enemy of Israel in the middle East. Israeli officials still have not issued statements or requests regarding the incident. However, the fact that the information transmitted Lavrov, produced by Israel, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to The New York Times high-ranking U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
The CIA and the Department of N. I. USA declined to comment.
