Coons: Trump’s ‘Troublingly Unfamiliar’ with Steps Needed to Protect Classified Info

‘A key part of our counter-terrorism intelligence network is information that is shared with us by partners, by allies and, in some cases, even, by adversaries’

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    COONS: “Well I am going to be joining other members of the Foreign Relations Committee in an important meeting later today with a vital ally from the Persian Gulf. I do expect that as the day unfolds more of my colleagues will be hearing from contacts in other countries. A key part of our counterterrorism intelligence network is information that's shared with us, by partners, by allies and, in some cases, even, by adversaries. This is a vital piece of our national security infrastructure. And this incident, Hallie, just suggests, that our president is probably troublingly unfamiliar with exactly what steps need to be taken to protect these vital threads of information.”