(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
 . . . . . . . . . .



Trump's Leak of Classified Israel Security Intel to Russians Under Deep Scrutiny After Hamas Attack [1]

['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']

Date: 2023-10-09  

Donald Trump's sharing of alleged classified intelligence to Russian officials in the White House, that included highly classified security intel about Israel that the nation had given to the U.S., has come under scrutiny amid a large-scale attack by the Hamas Islamist military group against Israel, given Putin’s longstanding goal of creating chaos in the Middle East.

At the time it was learned that Trump leaked this classified intelligence from Israel about their security systems to Russian officials (see: spies), Israel, knowing full-well that Russia shares intelligence finds with Iran, publicly stated that they feared it would end up in the hands of Iran, who would give it to Hamas.

It’s well known — and has been stated by U.S. intelligence — that Russia has a goal of creating chaos in the Middle East — and handing Iran secret Israeli security intel for Hamas is exactly what would stoke that fire. If Trump wanted to help Putin, handing him the key to starting a war in the Middle East by giving him classified Israeli security intel (which he did) would be a gift beyond gold.

And we now know that Iranian officials SPENT WEEKS helping Hamas in the planning of the attack.

From Thomas Hartman, sharing an article from the Washington Post: "Hamas apparently knew how to get around Israel's Iron Dome defenses. They probably learned this from Iran. Iran almost certainly got the information from Russia. And who gave it to Russia? Sure looks like it was Donald Trump, at the request of Putin." From Newsweek: While sharing a link of its own reporting of Trump's handing over of sensitive materials, the Meidas Touch X account posted: "FLASHBACK: Trump shared classified intelligence from Israel with Russia—and admitted to it. Israeli intelligence feared it would end up in the hands of Iran."

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, today: “It is in Russia’s interests to inflame war in the Middle East to create a new source of pain and suffering that would weaken global unity, create divisions and help Russia in undermining freedom in Europe,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

And from Mary Trump: "This f****** maniac likely gave Putin (who gave Iran, who gave Hamas) Israel's national security secrets...," Mary Trump wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "Plus, he divulged highly classified information about our nuclear subs to an Australian cardboard guy. Why is he still allowed to roam free?"

In short: this no longer looks like merely an “intelligence failure” by Israel — it looks like Russia getting Israeli intel leaked from Trump (which he admitted to doing) and Russia handing it over on a silver platter to Iran.

The Senate Intelligence Committee MUST open an investigation into this potential link to determine the chain of ownership of the specific Israeli security intel that Trump leaked to the Russians, as if that same intel ended up in Iran, then it was obviously given to them by Russia — just as Israel had feared at the time the story about him leaking it was reported (and which, again, Trump admitted to doing).

And if that intel was used by Iran for Hamas while they helped Hamas plan the attack (which involved breaking through security weaknesses Hamas previously hadn’t known of or at least exploited successfully), then the source of that intel would lead straight back to Trump’s leak to the Russians.

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/9/2198418/-Trump-Leaked-Classified-Israel-Intel-to-Russia-Iran-Hamas-Likely-Got-That-Intel-From-Russia?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/