Drips to Torrents: Leaks in Trump's White House
The almost-latest out of the Trump White House (news of James Comey's memo broke as I was writing this) is that the president gave classified information to Russian officials regarding the militant Islamic group ISIS. In and of itself, that is not a crime. But it could be highly damaging, as the revelation of that intelligence could compromise the source that provided it. It has now been revealed that that source was Israel, which was warned by American officials to not share sensitive intelligence with Trump for this very reason. From an article from January , "the Americans recommended that until it is made clear that Trump is not inappropriately connected to Russia and is not being extorted – Israel should avoid revealing sensitive sources to administration officials." President Trump with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Russian Foreign Ministry None of this looks good and adds to the White House's woes. But in response, Trump focused on...