President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Isis to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week.
The report said that Trump shared details of intelligence gathered about an Islamic State threat that had been closely guarded within the United States government and among close US allies. The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said.
"The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said Trump's decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. Trump, the paper said, didn’t reveal how the intelligence was gathered, but told them how ISIS was plotting an attack and how much damage such an attack could cause.
He also revealed the city in ISIS territory where the US intelligence partner discovered the threat. After Trump's meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency. But The White House declared the allegations.
On Monday, Ryan spokesman Doug Andres said that, "We have no way to know what was said, but protecting our nation's secrets is paramount. The speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration."
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