Three Reasons to Reject Trump's Criticism of Intelligence Leaks
The self-proclaimed WikiLeaks lover is poorly positioned to complain about the release of information that disadvantages his administration.
by David Frum
Feb 16, 2017
3 minutes
It’s a rare event when President Trump tweets approvingly of a journalist, but yesterday Eli Lake of Bloomberg View gained that unusual honor.
Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View - "The NSA & FBI...should not interfere in our politics...and is" Very serious situation for USA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
Pretty obviously, the president had not actually read the underlying column, which opens with a summary of Trump’s most egregious untruths, to build to the observation: “for a White House that has such a casual and opportunistic relationship with reporting on Russian responsibility for the DNC and DCCC hacks. )
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