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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 06:46 PM Aug 2019

President Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image of Iran....

Source: NPR

President Trump has tweeted what experts say is almost certainly an image from a classified satellite or drone, showing the aftermath of an accident at an Iranian space facility.

"The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir [Space Launch Vehicle] Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran," the president said in a tweet that accompanied the image on Friday. "I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One."

NPR broke the news of the launch failure on Thursday, using images from commercial satellites that flew over Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center. Those images showed smoke billowing from the pad. Iran has since acknowledged an accident occurred at the site.

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President Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image of Iran.... (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2019 OP
Putin needed them, so he gave them to him. Or, if putin didnt need these, rump is just Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #1
How can any of the secret service agencies still be sharing ANY information with the tangerine slob? dhol82 Aug 2019 #2
How the freak mercuryblues Aug 2019 #3
There is Trump fatigue. Because this piece of shite President has been so crazy since day one walkingman Aug 2019 #4
Time to put lsewpershad Aug 2019 #5
Technically the President can declassify information at will. sir pball Aug 2019 #6
K UTUSN Aug 2019 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. Putin needed them, so he gave them to him. Or, if putin didnt need these, rump is just
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 06:47 PM
Aug 2019

a complete fucking idiot, which we knew.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
2. How can any of the secret service agencies still be sharing ANY information with the tangerine slob?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 06:48 PM
Aug 2019

The spooks all know that dump is an asset and will spill whatever secrets he is given access to.
Pathetic.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
3. How the freak
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 06:56 PM
Aug 2019

Last edited Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:46 PM - Edit history (1)

did he even get the image on his phone?

Edited in:

Just as bad, did he tweet this from a secured PC?

walkingman

(7,611 posts)
4. There is Trump fatigue. Because this piece of shite President has been so crazy since day one
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:37 PM
Aug 2019

the American people have become desenatized - after all he lies almost daily and the burden of even listening to him becomes normal. We should all be ashamed of ourselves for tolerating this but it is what it is.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
6. Technically the President can declassify information at will.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:59 PM
Aug 2019

The entire classification system is based on an Executive Order (13526), so whatever that shithead decides to post is unclassified, legal and clear.

Even if it were the blueprints for the W80 warhead or the entire "NOC list" of all our undercover agents. It's stupid, shitty, short-sighted, moronic, imbecilic, destructive, counterproductive, unprofessional and goddamned idiotic - but for once, it ain't illegal.

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