One of the most shockingly egregious leaks in recent years. This is just a pile of sources and methods that are gone now. And for what? To find ut Trump knows Russia interfered and is lying? Congratulations on this big reveal.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html …
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @pwnallthethings
Matt: Presumably
@SangerNYT/@AllMattNYT took steps to ensure the human source was not endangered--wouldn't that be standard practice? Protection of a human source is, in fact, the principal reason@nytimes historically has held back.@just_security@lawfareblog@jacklgoldsmith3 replies 6 retweets 44 likes -
Replying to @marty_lederman @SangerNYT and
Journalists try hard to withhold details, sure, but the problem is they often give away little bits and pieces that sound irrelevant, but which ultimately allow someone following closely to concretely identify the source.
3 replies 5 retweets 46 likes -
Replying to @pwnallthethings @SangerNYT and
Yes, but I assume the
@nytimes and its own sources (high up in the IC?) have confirmed that the "top-secret source close to Mr. Putin" is already burned or otherwise safe. Hard to believe any of the few who knew of the source would leak it if there were a risk--but who knows?3 replies 5 retweets 36 likes -
Replying to @marty_lederman @SangerNYT and
Why should we assume this, or assume the person who leaked it would be in a position to even know it?
6 replies 3 retweets 32 likes -
Replying to @pwnallthethings @marty_lederman and
Particularly given the involvement of Sanger, I assumed that was meant to be a counterpart to Friday's indictment. Officially sanctioned.
2 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
Which was reported in the WaPo magnum opus.
-
-
Replying to @TCleveland4Real @pwnallthethings and
Which, incidentally, is something NSA had less confidence in.
1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.