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Trump tweeted highly classified satellite photo in 2019
Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/11/22 | Elad Benari

Posted on 11/19/2022 7:40:30 AM PST by Eleutheria5

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on Friday formally declassified an image then-US President Donald Trump tweeted in 2019 of a highly classified satellite photograph depicting the site of a failed Iranian rocket launch.

NPR reported that the NGA declassified the image after a “grueling Pentagon-wide review to determine whether the briefing slide it came from could be shared with the public” in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the radio network.

Many details on the original image remain redacted – a clear sign that Trump was sharing some of the US government's most prized intelligence on social media, said Steven Aftergood, specialist in secrecy and classification at the Federation of American Scientists.

"He was getting literally a bird's eye view of some of the most sensitive US intelligence on Iran," he told NPR. "And the first thing he seemed to want to do was to blurt it out over Twitter."

In August of 2019, Iran attempted to fire a rocket which exploded on its launch pad at a space center in northern Iran.

A day later, Trump wrote on Twitter that the United States was not involved with the failed rocket launch.

“The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran,” he wrote, adding, “I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One.”

The tweet included a satellite image...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


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The President decides what is and is not classified, dum basses. If he made it public, it is no longer classified. Duh.
1 posted on 11/19/2022 7:40:30 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

They’ve got him now. The walls are closing in. He’s on the verge of being indicted.


2 posted on 11/19/2022 7:41:40 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Eleutheria5

At this point any satellite image of anyplace in the world can easily be purchased online. It’s silly to think of these images as a ‘secret’. It’s not 1965 anymore.


3 posted on 11/19/2022 7:42:40 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Eleutheria5

I guess this means another attempt at impeachment.


4 posted on 11/19/2022 7:43:24 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Eleutheria5

5 posted on 11/19/2022 7:43:30 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Uh, Jimmy Carter not only disclosed the Secret B2 bomber program to justify killing the B1 bomber, he disclosed the existence of radar evading stealth technology for the first time.
6 posted on 11/19/2022 7:44:19 AM PST by rdcbn1
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To: Eleutheria5

If I read this correctly, this happened in 2019.

Now the deep state is making a stink about it.

That is called “piling on.”

The deep state should stick to Russia Russia Russia.


7 posted on 11/19/2022 7:45:04 AM PST by jeffersondem
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POTUS has the power to declassify anything.

Trump exercised his power by doing so. No permission is required. There’s a legal case on this topic (Obama era, I believe) and that’s the law.

Total nothingburger and selective political application to smear Trump now that he’s announced again.

Where’s the Special Prosecutor for Obama, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Pelosi, Romney, etc. etc.?


8 posted on 11/19/2022 7:45:54 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Eleutheria5

LBJ revealed the SR-71. Patrick Leahy revealed a stealth satellite program, thereby ending it.


9 posted on 11/19/2022 7:48:35 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: FreedomPoster
Here's Meric Garland's special counsel, investigating.


10 posted on 11/19/2022 7:50:56 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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To: rdcbn1

Impeach Jimmuh while he’s still breathing!


11 posted on 11/19/2022 7:51:47 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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Hillary’s BATHROOM server was host to verified TS/SCI data and images that were scrubbed (i.e., her assistants were told to scrub off and remove classification portion markings) before being sent to her via unclassified emails on her hidden NETWORK of collusion.

NOTHING was done about it. This is just leftist deep state governmental agency partisan witch hunting BS.


12 posted on 11/19/2022 7:51:54 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: MeganC
It's merely a matter of resolution and timing. If I were in Iran's intel service I would would want to get that image to analyze the shadows to see when it was taken and which satellite took it. Releasing the photo probably wasn't a good idea.

But then did anyone gripe about Kennedy releasing U-2 photos of Russian missile sites in Cuba?

13 posted on 11/19/2022 7:53:19 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Soon the January 6 protesters will be held (without trial or bail) longer than Jefferson Davis was.)
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She didn’t have any criminal intent, just making a bit of money on the side./s


14 posted on 11/19/2022 7:53:33 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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Someone is pissed because he could have got good money selling that image to his contact.


15 posted on 11/19/2022 7:54:51 AM PST by bigbob (z)
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To: Eleutheria5
This isn't even news. It was all discussed three years ago. Looks like the useful idiots in the global media are going to keep rehashing old dirt at the behest of the President's foes.

Trump tweets photo of Iran rocket site and says US 'not involved' in failed launch

16 posted on 11/19/2022 7:56:52 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: KarlInOhio

It’s no real secret that the fancy NASA space telescopes can turn around and look at the earth. The only people who really think any of this is still secret are the uninformed.


17 posted on 11/19/2022 7:56:55 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Jeff Chandler

We have him now. ™


18 posted on 11/19/2022 7:58:24 AM PST by gunnut
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To: Eleutheria5

Yeah....I mean, every iPhone I’ve ever used while sending or receiving stuff from my job and what not I ALWAYS took a hammer to it.....

When she was SoS, she ran a criminal enterprise, IMO. Who else only hired lawyers for assistants and then when questioning comes, they become “her counsel” and protected by attorney-client privilege.


19 posted on 11/19/2022 8:01:15 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Eleutheria5

These people are dumb. It’s called strategy. They remain clueless


20 posted on 11/19/2022 8:02:14 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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