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Trump: 'Low-life leakers' will be caught
WASHINGTON — President Trump stepped up his war Thursday on the officials leaking information about his presidency, vowing that they will be caught and punished.
"The spotlight has finally been put on the low-life leakers!" the president tweeted. "They will be caught!"
The president apparently reacted to the announcement by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, that it will investigate the sources behind the story that led to this week's resignation by ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Aides said Trump asked for Flynn's resignation after determining he misled Vice President Pence and others about the substance of a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Unnamed government officials, citing phone intercepts, had said that Flynn -— contrary to his earlier assertions — did indeed discuss sanctions on Russia that the Obama administration imposed on Russia for interfering in the 2016 election.
A Washington Post story last week, citing nine unnamed sources, led to Flynn's ouster.
The government's ability to monitor the telephone calls of world leaders has long been a closely held secret. In 2013, leaks by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the NSA had monitored the cell phone calls of world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Snowden, who had been based in Hawaii, fled the country and now lives in Russia.
Many administrations have been troubled by leaks from the intelligence and military communities. In 1969, President Richard Nixon was frustrated by leaks, including one that revealed the secret bombing of Cambodia, and he authorized wiretaps on 17 government officials and journalists to try unsuccessfully to find the sources.
President Barack Obama's administration tracked suspected leakers; Marine general James Cartwright pleaded guilt to lying to the FBI about telling a reporter about the U.S. government's involvement in planting a computer virus that disrupted Iran's nuclear program. Obama pardoned Cartwright last month.
On social media, Trump also attacked New York Times' reporting on his administration.
"Leaking, and even illegal classified leaking, has been a big problem in Washington for years," Trump tweeted. "Failing @nytimes (and others) must apologize!"
Instead of failing, the Times has added subscribers since Trump's election.
Congressional Democrats said lawmakers should be investigating Flynn and the Trump administration's links to Russia overall, and many have saluted leakers for revealing facts about government actions..
source
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-...id=UE07DHP
WASHINGTON — President Trump stepped up his war Thursday on the officials leaking information about his presidency, vowing that they will be caught and punished.
"The spotlight has finally been put on the low-life leakers!" the president tweeted. "They will be caught!"
The president apparently reacted to the announcement by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, that it will investigate the sources behind the story that led to this week's resignation by ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Aides said Trump asked for Flynn's resignation after determining he misled Vice President Pence and others about the substance of a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Unnamed government officials, citing phone intercepts, had said that Flynn -— contrary to his earlier assertions — did indeed discuss sanctions on Russia that the Obama administration imposed on Russia for interfering in the 2016 election.
A Washington Post story last week, citing nine unnamed sources, led to Flynn's ouster.
The government's ability to monitor the telephone calls of world leaders has long been a closely held secret. In 2013, leaks by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the NSA had monitored the cell phone calls of world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Snowden, who had been based in Hawaii, fled the country and now lives in Russia.
Many administrations have been troubled by leaks from the intelligence and military communities. In 1969, President Richard Nixon was frustrated by leaks, including one that revealed the secret bombing of Cambodia, and he authorized wiretaps on 17 government officials and journalists to try unsuccessfully to find the sources.
President Barack Obama's administration tracked suspected leakers; Marine general James Cartwright pleaded guilt to lying to the FBI about telling a reporter about the U.S. government's involvement in planting a computer virus that disrupted Iran's nuclear program. Obama pardoned Cartwright last month.
On social media, Trump also attacked New York Times' reporting on his administration.
"Leaking, and even illegal classified leaking, has been a big problem in Washington for years," Trump tweeted. "Failing @nytimes (and others) must apologize!"
Instead of failing, the Times has added subscribers since Trump's election.
Congressional Democrats said lawmakers should be investigating Flynn and the Trump administration's links to Russia overall, and many have saluted leakers for revealing facts about government actions..
source
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-...id=UE07DHP
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