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Originally Posted by photon
You not being sure probably shouldn't be the deciding factor. Many from the IC I've read and listened to recently say even the fact that Trump didn't know the means and sources was itself a massive failure; the President should be briefed on things so that they're aware of the context and implications. So that the President doesn't dissuade intelligence partners from sharing information (which will likely happen now) by sharing information that isn't theirs to share.
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And many from the same community that I've read and listen to say that Trump did something completely normal and expected, to pass on threat intelligence to another country, as Russia did in the past regarding the Tsarnaev brothers, or both countries agreed to do against ISIS.
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Many in the IC I've read and listened to have said that knowing the city could very well be sufficient for a highly developed intelligence state like Russia to figure out the source/means. That's why the info was classified the way it was.
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Maybe, but thanks to the media Russia doesn't even have to figure it out. And even if they know, they would need to retake the city first from ISIS. The only party who could have acted quickly is ISIS, who were informed by the media.
Edit: And after reading an old article today, the city is probably Raqqa, which the US publicly announced was the source of the laptop program at the end of March:
http://wwlp.com/2017/03/31/sources-n...vade-security/