Trump confirms existence of covert CIA-operation in Syria... via Twitter. (Of course.)

[DetlefK]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-cia-syria-rebels-twitter-tweet-covert-operation-us-president-secret-a7858351.html?amp

Donald Trump appears to have inadvertently confirmed the existence of a covert CIA programme in a Twitter post.

In a series of tweets, the US President attacked The Washington Post in connection with a story about the termination of US efforts to aid rebels fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

He wrote: "The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad."

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The tweet appeared to refer to a report claiming the US President was phasing out the secret programme to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels, a policy began by Barack Obama in 2013.

It had been a covert programme until Mr Trump's tweet confirmed its existence.

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"If the media reports are true, the President of the United States just confirmed a CIA covert action program. On Twitter," Ned Price, a former CIA employee, wrote on Twitter.



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I wanted to write a snarky remark, but I'm somehow at a loss of words.

[Tanuki]

1. God only knows what Putin has been able to get him to "let slip"

[dalton99a]

2. Another intelligence leak from the leaker-in-chief

[Achilleaze]

3. republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief PISSES on America's war-zone assets

and ultimately on America's security.

Why do the republicans let assclown Comrade Casino compromise the safety of our American assets in a war zone?

[Nitram]

4. Leaker-In-Chief

When his paid escorts aren't taking a leak on him, that is.

[mdbl]

5. It's not covert any more

what an idiot. Taking lessons from Dick Cheney I see. Why are repuglicans trying to hurt those working for America?

[YCHDT]

6. He did this shit on purpose

[Ilsa]

7. Damn, he steps in dog shit nearly every day.

But somehow, the IC can't manage to disrupt his Twitter comm. Why can't they deploy malware to stop him?

[Roland99]

8. Um, if the WaPo knew about it, how covert was it?

[DetlefK]

10. Well, still sorta-covert. The US-government didn't acknowledge that the operation in fact existed.

Until Trump, a government-employee, gave an official confirmation "Yes, this covert operation you read about in the WaPo, it's real."

I mean, everybody knows that the US Airforce is building and testing top-secret experimental planes at Area 51. It's almost an open secret, because the evidence is undeniable. But the government has never confirmed it.

[PatrickforO]

9. The guy lurches from one piece of stupidity to the next.

We never know what we'll wake up to, do we?