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And security protocols. as you know, don, with intelligence often there are different views, different analysis. and what were told is that some are more concerned about the degree the president went with this information than others. but the concern remains, did he go far enough that russia could, based on this information, and the details, could russia conclude where it came from? in particular what partner of the u.s. the source the information, which would be uncomfortable. >> whats the reac...

More than just revealing classified information. we dont know if the post story is fully accurate. we havent confirmed it yet. but what it is suggesting is the president revealed information that u.s. got through another country. through some sort of ally. and when you get intelligence information from one of your intelligence partners, they and basically -- and intelligence services and because if you reveal what another country tells you without permission, they cannot have confidence.

U.s. officials said this is code word information, terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels. white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster appeared before the cameras to try and push back on that report. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and...

Apparently about or at least some part about his concerns about the russian investigation. the optics of that meeting obviously were under heavy criticism at the time. but if the president also revealed classified information to the russians during oval office meeting it is going to recall all sorts of questions and flashbacks to the campaign of last year when the president time and again hammered hillary clinton accusing her of revealing classified information through the private e-mail practic...

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Intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. >> reporter: so, that sort of question of whether the national security adviser, whos seen very much as a straight shooter, was trying to hide the ball there a little bit simply because, among other things, the initial reporting on this story never said anything about disclosing sources or methods. the initial reporting was much more about the release of wha...

Successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isis. as general mcmaster said. i thought he said, and i know he feels, that we had actually a great meeting with the foreign minister. so were going to have a lot of great success over the next coming years. >> did president trump reveal highly classified information to the russians as "the washington post" reported? the article cites a u.s. official who said this is code word information. the president was mum in the ...

Intelligence services operate this way, friendly intelligence services, western intelligence services and it has been a struggle and intelligence agencies in the middle east and those in iraq and syria throughout this region and it is very serious if this all proves to be accurate, wolf. >> very quickly, barbara, the washington post, one u.s. official familiar with this conversation, this oval office meeting with the president had with the russian foreign minister and russian ambassador of the u...

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