On Monday, major American media published the information that Donald trump revealed to the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Dmitry Lavrov, a top-secret intelligence concerning the progress of military operations in Syria. The US President allegedly leaked data on Wednesday, during a meeting with Russian diplomats in the oval office.
Referring to the information of former officials of the United States, edition of the Washington Post and the New York Times reported that the President’s action threatens the cooperation with an important informant, knowledgeable about the internal activities of the Islamic state — the source did not give permission to share your materials with Russia.
A few hours later after the article of the Washington Post near the White house was eager for official comments from the journalists, but the representatives of the presidential administration, has denied the charges.
Before reporters were made by the national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster, who called the data to Washington Post «false».
MacMaster said that he was in the office during the notorious meeting, and assured that the leaks of classified data was not. «Sources and methods of intelligence was not discussed, and the President has not disclosed information about military operations, which are not yet known to the public,» he said.
The reaction of the White house not too long to wait. Within the official statement of the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson explained that «during the meeting of the President of trump with foreign Minister Lavrov discussed a range of issues, including common efforts and threats relating to counter-terrorism. During this exchange of information was discussed, the nature of specific threats, but talking about the sources and methods of intelligence or military operations would not come.»
According to the Wall Street Journal, Tillerson’s statement was published a little more than an hour after the release of the controversial Washington Post article.
