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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:19 AM Mar 2017

After loving WikiLeaks as a candidate, Trump decides he doesnt like leaks as president


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-loving-wikileaks-as-a-candidate-trump-decides-he-doesn’t-like-leaks-as-president/ar-AAnZEuf?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to comment on the latest WikiLeaks dump during a briefing with reporters Tuesday, saying it “has not been fully evaluated.” But moments later, Spicer did decry leaks generally, saying they “are threatening our national security.”

“You’re seeing the leaks happen over and over again that come out throughout the administration, throughout government and undermine national security,” he said.

While the files being posted by WikiLeaks on Tuesday have yet to be authenticated, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said that if the group “can hack the CIA, they can hack anybody.” McCain also mocked Trump for belittling earlier hacks by suggesting that they were being carried out by “somebody in the basement of his mother’s house smoking a cigarette in his underwear” rather than a foreign government. McCain said the White House needs to focus on the issue quickly.

“I’d like to see a greater emphasis, to tell you the truth,” McCain said. “I really would. I’d like to see a greater emphasis.”

For months, a variety of people have warned Trump that hacking is something that should always be condemned and never encouraged — even in a joking tone.

In July, WikiLeaks published thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee. Days later, Trump scoffed at accusations that the Russians could have been involved with the hack, saying that it was “probably China, or it could be somebody sitting in his bed.” He added that he hoped Russia had all of Clinton’s emails, even the “beauties” that were deleted or were not turned over to the Justice Department.

“I will tell you this, ‘Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,’” Trump said, referring to messages that Clinton did not hand over because she and her team categorized them as personal. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens.”

Republicans rushed to denounce the comment, and Trump’s running mate Mike Pence quickly issued a statement that read: “If it is Russia and they are interfering in our elections, I can assure you both parties and the United States government will ensure there are serious consequences.”
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After loving WikiLeaks as a candidate, Trump decides he doesnt like leaks as president (Original Post) mfcorey1 Mar 2017 OP
He needs to have duncang Mar 2017 #1

duncang

(1,907 posts)
1. He needs to have
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:45 AM
Mar 2017

"Maga I heart wikileaks" t-shirt and hats made up. That way he'll have some around when/if putin/wikileaks decides to fire a shot with stuff on him to straighten him up on who's the real boss.

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