How Trump Got It Wrong in Saying The Times 'Foiled' Killing of ISIS Leader

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Source: New York Times

How Trump Got It Wrong in Saying The Times ‘Foiled’ Killing of ISIS Leader

By MICHAEL R. GORDON JULY 23, 2017

WASHINGTON — President Trump wrongly tweeted on Saturday that The New York Times had “foiled” an attempt by the United States military to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State.

“The Failing New York Times foiled U.S. attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, al-Baghdadi,” the president wrote. “Their sick agenda over National Security.”

Mr. Trump’s statement appeared to be based on a report by Fox News; he is known to be an avid viewer, and a version of the story was broadcast about 25 minutes before he posted. The report said that The Times had disclosed intelligence in an article on June 8, 2015, about an American military raid in Syria that led to death of one of Mr. Baghdadi’s key lieutenants, Abu Sayyaf, and the capture of his wife, who played an important role in the group.

That Fox News report cited comments by Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of the United States Special Operations Command, in an interview conducted Friday by the network’s intelligence correspondent, Catherine Herridge, at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/us/politics/trump-tweet-new-york-times-national-security.html

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The rest of the article goes on in detail to debunk Gen. Tomas’ claim.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. All by design,

our Reality TV Star is great at spinning the Narrative in order to capture any News Cycle. This is all about Donnie Dipstick.

[riversedge]

2. Donald is lazy and does not even want to learn the basics of our foreign policies.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Donnie is after all,a Reality TV Star of his own making.

And that will be his undoing before long.