Posted on 11/24/2018 2:13:07 PM PST by blam
The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6, has been scrambling to prevent President Trump from publishing classified materials linked to the Russian election meddling investigation, according to The Telegraph, stating that any disclosure would “undermine intelligence gathering if he releases pages of an FBI application to wiretap one of his former campaign advisers.”
Trump’s allies, however, are fighting back – demanding transparency and suggesting that the UK wouldn’t want the documents withheld unless it had something to hide.
The Telegraph has talked to more than a dozen UK and US officials, including in American intelligence, who have revealed details about the row.
British spy chiefs have “genuine concern” about sources being exposed if classified parts of the wiretap request were made public, according to figures familiar with discussions.
“It boils down to the exposure of people”, said one US intelligence official, adding: “We don’t want to reveal sources and methods.” US intelligence shares the concerns of the UK.
Another said Britain feared setting a dangerous “precedent” which could make people less likely to share information, knowing that it could one day become public. –The Telegraph
The Telegraph adds that the UK’s dispute with the Trump administration is so politically sensitive that staff within the British Embassy in D.C. have been barred from discussing it with journalists. Theresa May has also “been kept at arms-length and is understood to have not raised the issue directly with the US president.”
In September, we reported that the British government “expressed grave concerns” over the material in question after President Trump issued an order to the DOJ to release a wide swath of materials, “immediately” and “without redaction.”
Trump walked that order back days later after the UK begged him not to release them.
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>I also think that Trump is not going to let the bastards get away with this.
I think we’ll see Trump lash out after the holidays. I was thinking he’d do it from 2018, but who knows.
There’s obviously a LOT he could address. Not only the spying, but Imran Awan and about 10 other ethics and security violations.
Funny how MI6 doesn’t take out Soros but works to try and undermine President Trump.
This is REAL collusion and McCain went to his grave covering for this. You can be he knew.
I agree with you.....after the holidays and after Mueller shuts down. I’ve thought for a long time that he will eventually address the nation and spell it all out.
Trump is going to get satisfaction.
Trump, release the documents now! America is going to bust its seams soon and you may be part of it. What happened to America first. Looks like that is plain crap. Trump, you are losing lots of your base and this kind of crap lost us the House.
After Mueller shuts down? Why would Mueller shut down?
It’s seems pretty obvious that Mueller is winding down. You think he’s going to go on into 2020?
What are they hiding?
We all know.
MI6 was active in spying on Trump,
not “rogue” Brits, as we have been told.
Why would Mueller and the Deep State want to shut it down?
Perhaps Whitaker will shut it down. But I don't see the Deep State wanting to shut it down.
They have tried to take him out over and over again.
True. Rotten rod has had many bites at the coup apple. Only one side is honoring the standoff.
Who knows how long the evil bastards will keep it going. But Trump will still spell it out to the nation, I say.
Bttt!
English teacher’s fault
Thanks blam.
“We don’t want to reveal sources and methods.”
The sources and methods amount to the Obama administration using the DOJ and intelligence agencies to spy and thwart
Trump and precisely how they did it.
That is the sources and methods they want hidden.
And I will never, ever, never ever comprehend why Trump allows the hoax to continue.
>>Can we say English Collusion?<<
Yes, you and I and a lot of FReepers certainly can. And we should do more of it. Outloud and American Proud.
I'd say their 'sources and methods' need a little sunshine considering the mischief they have made.
Maybe they should throw Hill and Bill under the bus. And Bammy.
At this point, ANY organizational opposition to Trump is prima facie evidence that organization is part of the problem we elected Trump to correct.
I think it’s hilarious that CNN keeps trying to rebuild its reputation by finding something Trump has done wrong, when they have so degraded their credibility the one thing NO ONE will ever believe them about is something that makes Trump look bad.
When they have something to say about Trump, I just keep surfing.
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