{"id":45935,"date":"2017-05-15T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/05\/15\/report-trump-shared-secret-info-about-isis-with-russians\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:54:35","slug":"report-trump-shared-secret-info-about-isis-with-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2017\/05\/15\/report-trump-shared-secret-info-about-isis-with-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump shared secret info about ISIS with Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div>  WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting last week, The Washington Post reported Monday, prompting strong condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans.  <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  Three White House officials who were in the May 10 meeting strongly denounced the story, saying no intelligence sources and methods were discussed \u2014 but they didn&#8217;t deny that classified information was disclosed.  <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  Citing current and former U.S. officials,   <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador\/2017\/05\/15\/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-high_trumpintel-0504pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&amp;utm_term=.93f947c630bf\" target=\"_blank\">the Post<\/a> said Trump shared details about an Islamic State terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. <\/div> <div> <br\/> <br\/> <\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anonymous officials told the Post that the information Trump relayed during the Oval Office meeting had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement. They said it was considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was in the room, it didn&#8217;t happen,&#8221; H.R. McMaster, Trump&#8217;s national security adviser, told reporters outside the White House late Monday. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation,&#8221; McMaster said. &#8220;At no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1155\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,657 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap17135841109033.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,986 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Susan Walsh\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser for strategy, remember the meeting the same way. &#8220;Their on-the-record accounts should outweigh those of anonymous sources&#8221; in the news report, he said. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillerson said Trump discussed a range of subjects, including &#8220;common efforts and threats regarding counter-terrorism.&#8221; He said that during that exchange the nature of specific threats were discussed, but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powell said: &#8220;This story is false. The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post story \u2014 which was later confirmed by  <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2qln68W\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: null\">The New York Times<\/a> and BuzzFeed News \u2014 does not claim that Trump revealed any specific information about how the intelligence was gathered. Still, it will only heighten Trump&#8217;s strained relations with intelligence workers and former officials, who view Russia as an adversary. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"668\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-lavrov-white-house-meeting.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-lavrov-white-house-meeting.jpg.jpg 934w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-lavrov-white-house-meeting.jpg.jpg?resize=300,215 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-lavrov-white-house-meeting.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed Vladimir Putin&#8217;s top diplomat to the White House for Trump&#8217;s highest level face-to-face contact with a Russian government official since he took office in January. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even before he was inaugurated, intelligence professionals worried about sharing classified information with Trump, who often shoots from the hip. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If true, the breach was ill-timed, coming a day after Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey, who was leading an investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election. Trump&#8217;s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was fired after he misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with Kisylak. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s unlikely that Trump has broken any law. As president, Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post said the intelligence partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russian officials. By doing so, Trump would have jeopardized cooperation from an ally familiar with the inner workings of the Islamic State group, and make other allies \u2014 or even U.S. intelligence officials \u2014 wary about sharing future top secret details with the president. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency, the newspaper said. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment Monday evening. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional Republicans and Democrats expressed concern about the report. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters the Trump White House &#8220;has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and order.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The shame of it is there&#8217;s a really good national security team in place and there are good, productive things that are under way through them and through others,&#8221; Corker said. &#8220;But the chaos that is being created by the lack of discipline \u2014 it&#8217;s creating an environment that I think makes \u2014 it creates a worrisome environment.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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He added that he wants the House intelligence committee fully briefed on what, if anything, was shared with the Russian officials. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., tweeted: &#8220;If true, this is a slap in the face to the intel community. Risking sources &#038; methods is inexcusable, particularly with the Russians.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story prompted Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., to tweet: &#8220;Protip: Don&#8217;t give the Russians classified information. #Classified101.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. \u2014 who had just had a root canal \u2014 read reporters a statement he scrawled out in the dentist&#8217;s chair after learning about the story. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;These reports, if true, are of the gravest possible concern. 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