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>>> WE SHOULD MENTION WE ASKED  
THE WHITE HOUSE TO PROVIDE AN   

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OFFICIAL TO JOIN US THIS MORNING
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE DECLINED.   

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WE TURN TO RICHARDICHARD BLUMENF
CONNECTICUT.                    

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HE HAS CALLED THIS SHARING OF   
CONVERSATION INFORMATION,       

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ASTONISHING AND APPALLING.      
GOOD MORNING THE YOU, SIR.      

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>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.         
>> I'M TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT   

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PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID SO FAR 
THIS MORNING.                   

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AS FAR AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AS 
FAR AS THIS "WASHINGTON POST"   

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STORY IS TRUE, HAS THE PRESIDENT
JEOPARDIZED NATIONAL SECURITY?  

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>> IN THE FEELING OF NATIONAL   
SECURITY MEMBERS, THERE IS      

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JEOPARDY TO OUR NATIONAL        
SECURITY BECAUSE THE DISPOE SURE

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OF THE LAPTOP PLOT AND THE CITY 
COULD JOPARDIZE LIVES OF        

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SOURCES.                        
AND IT THREATENS OUR CREDIBILITY

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TO ALLIES THAT PROVIDES         
SENSITIVE INFORMATION.          

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THE RULES AND NORMS HAVE CLEARLY
BEEN CROSSED HERE.              

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AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE     
PRESIDENT OWE THE AMERICAN      

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PEOPLE AND THE CONGRESS, A FULL 
EXPLANATION.                    

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>> YOU ARE USED TO HAVING A     
CRITICAL EYE WHEN IT COMES TO   

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WORDING.                        
YOU KNOW THE ACCUSATIONS AND    

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NOW, THE DENIAL COMING IN H.R.  
McMASTER SAID THIS.             

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IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.               
QUOTE, AT NO TIME WERE          

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INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS 
DISCUSSED.                      

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AND THE PRESIDENT DID NOT       
DISCLOSE MILITARY OPERATIONS    

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THAT WERE NOT ALREADY PUBLICLY  
KNOWN.                          

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IS THAT THE SAME THING AS SAYING
THE PRESIDENT DID NOT DISCLOSE  

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HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE? 
>> NO.                          

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VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.        
HE MAY WELL HAVE DISCLOSED      

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HIGHLY CLASSIFIED  INFORMATION. 
CODE WORD INFORMATION IS WHAT   

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"THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED. 
THAT'S A SERIOUS BREACH OF NORMS

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AND RULES.                      
AND MAY WELL ENABLE THE RUSSIANS

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WHO ARE OUR ADVERSARIES IN THAT 
PART OF THE WORLD, TO TRACE     

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SOURCES AND METHODS OF          
INFORMATION.                    

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IF CERTAIN INFORMATION IS       
DISCLOSED AND IT CAN ONLY COME  

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FROM A SMALL NUMBER OF SOURCES, 
THEY CAN BE NARROWED DOWN AND   

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IDENTIFIED.                     
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REAL      

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THREATS HERE, IN ADDITION TO    
REVEALING THAT WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE

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ABOUT A PLOT THAT SERIOUSLY     
COULD ENDANGER OUR OWN CITIZENS 

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WHO ARE FLYING PLANES AND       
POSSIBLY JEOPARDIZED BY THE     

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LAPTOP COMPUTERS.               
>> I'M SURE YOU READ "THE POST" 

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REPORT CAREFULLY.               
AND THERE'S AN INTRIGUING LINE  

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WHERE IT REFERS TO A TRANSCRIPT 
OF THE CONVERSATION.            

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DOES THAT SUGGEST TO YOU THAT   
THERE WAS A RECORDING DEVICE IN 

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THE OVAL OFFICE, SOME KIND OF   
STENOGRAPHER?                   

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AND IF THERE'S A TRANSCRIPT,    
IT'S SOMETHING THE CONGRESS MUST

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GET ITS HANDS ON?               
>> THE CONGRESS MUST SUBPOENA   

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TRANSCRIPTS AND TAPES.          
THE ONLY WAY TO IF THERE ARE    

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TRANSCRIPTS OR TAPES IS TO ISSUE
A SUBPOENA, PROBABLY FROM THE   

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INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES AND MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE IS

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PROVIDED TO THE APPROPRIATE     
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.            

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THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE TRANSCRIPTS
WILL REVEAL IF