Here’s what Russia might figure out from Trump’s leaked intelligence

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Here’s my gut-assessment-analysis on that Washington Post story about President Trump giving classified information to Russians. While meeting the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, I believe Trump said something like “We are getting this great intelligence from Raqqah. ISIS is trying to build these bombs that won’t trigger airport sensors.”

At first glance, there’s nothing terribly problematic with that statement. After all, it speaks to two realities the Russians already know.

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