The White House has moved to quell another controversy involving US president Donald Trump and links with Russia following a news report outlining the disclosure of sensitive information to Russian officials during a meeting at the Oval Office. Here is what we know so far.

What is alleged to have happened?

US president Donald Trump met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak in the Oval Office last Wednesday. According to a report in the Washington Post, citing current and former US officials, Mr Trump revealed classified information during the meeting. Following the disclosure, officials called the CIA and National Security Agency to tell them what had happened.

What is he supposed to have revealed?

The exact information he revealed has not been reported, but it allegedly had to do with an Islamic State plot and the proposed ban on laptops on flights between the US and Europe. According to the report, at one point during the meeting the US president began describing specific details of an Islamic State operation.

The information he gave the Russians had been provided as part of an intelligence sharing arrangement by a US partner. Officials said Mr Trump went as far as to identify the Islamic State-controlled city in which the source detected the threat.

Is Trump at liberty to reveal this information?

As US president, Mr Trump has the ability to disclose highly classified information at his will.

Then why is this problematic?

Officials said Mr Trump’s alleged revelation could jeopardise the source of information on Islamic State. The exposure of such a vital intelligence source could hinder the ability of the United States and its allies to detect future threats, according to the officials.

In this case, Mr Trump allegedly revealed this information without the clearance of the partner that gave it to the US. According to the article in the Washington Post, one official said Mr Trump had “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies”.

How has the Trump administration reacted?

In a statement following the report, the White House moved to denounce the claims. In a press briefing, Mr Trump’s national security adviser, HR McMaster, said: “The story that came out tonight as reported is false.”

McMaster said that in the meeting, the men reviewed a range of common threats including to civil aviation.

“At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. The president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known . . . I was in the room. It didn’t happen,” he said.

The White House also released a statement from secretary of state Rex Tillerson, who said the Oval Office meeting focused on counterterrorism, and from deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, who also called the Washington Post story false.</s>WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he had the right to share information with Russia related to terrorism and other issues, his first public response to the revelation he disclosed classified information at an Oval Office meeting last week.

“As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety, Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism,” he tweeted.

Trump’s tweets Tuesday notably lack any mention of whether the information he shared was classified.

And the remarks appear to contradict statements made by his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster — who told reporters in the wake of the report that “the story as reported is false” — and White House deputy national security adviser for strategy, Dina Powell, who said Monday “the story is false. The President only discussed the common threats that both countries faced.”

Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister and Russian ambassador to the US in a White House meeting last week, The Washington Post first reported Monday.

Two former officials knowledgeable of the situation confirmed to CNN that the main points of the Post story are accurate: The President shared classified information with the Russian foreign minister.

Trump did not directly reveal the source of the information, but intelligence officials told CNN that there is concern that Russia will be able to figure out the highly sensitive source.

The White House dismissed the report Monday night, issuing several statements before sending McMaster before White House reporters.

“At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the President did not disclose any military operations that weren’t already publicly known,” he said. “I was in the room. It didn’t happen.”

Early responses to the bombshell report indicate that, if true, handling sensitive details in this manner would have broad implications on US partnerships around the world and could place the lives of agents in the field at risk.

“Never before have I witnessed a senior government official so carelessly threaten an intelligence-sharing relationship,” a former senior intelligence official told CNN.

Mark Hertling, a national security, intelligence and terrorism analyst for CNN, said giving Russia information has not historically led to them being forthcoming with the United States.

“I’m concerned about the fact that the President feels like he has to give something to Russia first when there have been repeated instances of Russia being sanctioned in Ukraine, committing war crimes in Syria and conducting operations that are contrary to what we’d like to believe are freedom of operations and sovereignties of different nations,” he said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day.” “This confuses me to no end.”

Phil Mudd, a former CIA analyst, said on “New Day” the fact that Trump chose to discuss classified information but did not ask Russia about its role in the 2016 election is problematic.

“This isn’t the biggest news out of that meeting,” he said. “Why is nobody talking about the President feels the responsibility to be more courteous to the Russians than to the American people.”

“He didn’t talk about election meddling,” the CNN counterterrorism analyst added. “It’s his first face-to-face with the Russians and the secretary of state and the President can’t say, ‘You shouldn’t be meddling in our election’ but he can fire (FBI Director James Comey) for investigating that? You’ve got to be kidding me.”

The potential consequences could hardly be more serious, former CIA case officer Bob Baer told CNN’s Erin Burnett Monday night.

“The President, by revealing this to the Russians, has lost control of this information. It’s going to go to the Syrians, It’s going to go to the Iranians — Russian allies,” Baer said.

“The ability to protect that source whoever he is, wherever he is has been seriously undermined … If a CIA officer had revealed this information to the Russians, he would be fired instantly.”

Leon Panetta, a former secretary of defense and CIA director, said Trump had a responsibility to be more careful with sensitive information.

“He is President of the United States. He is not a reality TV star. He is not just another personality. He is President of the United States,” he said Tuesday on “New Day.”

The Wednesday meeting between Trump, Lavrov and Kislyak had already raised alarm bells in Washington, primarily because it came one day after Trump decided to fire Comey while the bureau investigated his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.

The meeting, a personal request from Russian President Vladimir Putin — who asked that they meet when he spoke with Trump earlier this month — was supposed to remain behind closed doors without any media coverage. But a photographer from Russian state-media Tass attended the meeting and took photos of a laughing Trump with Lavrov and Kislyak.

No US media were allowed into the meeting.

Though an angry White House official told CNN they felt “tricked” by the Russians, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said “proper protocol was followed” by not allowing media into the meeting.

Throughout the 2016 campaign, Trump slammed Hillary Clinton for storing classified information on her private email server.

“Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team ‘were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information,’ Trump tweeted in July. “Not fit!”</s>The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump divulged highly classified information during his meeting with Russian officials last week.

Officials told the Post that the information was incredibly sensitive and that its exposure endangers the relationship with an ally, which had not approved sharing the information with Russia. This ally, officials told the Post, "has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State."

BuzzFeed, The New York Times and Reuters later confirmed the Post's report.

In the wake of the reports, White House officials pushed back, saying Trump didn't discuss intelligence sources or methods of collection.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that during Trump's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov "the nature of specific threats were discussed, but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations."

National security advisor H.R. McMaster echoed those remarks, saying "At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly."

Dina Powell, deputy national security advisor for strategy, called the reports false, saying "The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced."

Officials told the Post that Trump's disclosure could obstruct intelligence operations by the United States and its allies.

While Trump's release of highly classified information could seriously damage the U.S. relationship with the ally that collected the information, the president, as the Post noted, has the broad authority to declassify information.

The CIA declined to comment to the Post. The NSA did not respond to the Post's requests for comment.

A former intelligence official told CNBC that if Trump's reveal was unintentional, it is a demonstration of "shocking disregard or lack of understanding of classified material." The official added that if Trump's disclosure was intentional, it would mark a significant shift in the U.S. approach to intelligence alliances.

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

Read the full report in The Washington Post.</s>According to the latest bombshell report by the Washington Post, Trump's little meeting with Russian foreign minister Lavrov wasn't just a photo opportunity with Tass. Instead it appears that Trump disclosed some sensitive and key information critical to national security with...Russia.

According to the report, information Trump relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government.

And there's more. There's always more. "The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said Trump’s decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State."

Yes, that Islamic State. The one Trump claims to want to obliterate. After the meeting, officials from the White House (assume McMaster and Powell) took steps to try to contain the fallout, reaching out to the CIA and NSA for help.

“This is code-word information,” said one US official. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.”

According to the Washington Post, Trump went off script during the meeting with Kislyak and Lavrov, describing details of an Islamic State terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.

Worse yet, we can't shout "Lock him up!" over this because unlike every other government official on the planet, Trump can talk to anyone about anything he wants and just call it "declassified" on the spot.

For their part, the White House is denying there was any damage done or that Trump actually said as much as the report suggests.

Gen. H.R. McMaster will be making a statement shortly. This post will be updated as the news warrants.</s>The release of classified intelligence could have very real and dangerous repercussions on national security and the global fight against terrorism, experts tell ABC News.

The concern over protecting classified information and intelligence sources abroad comes after it was reported that President Donald Trump may have shared classified information with Russian officials when he met with them last week in the Oval Office. Trump and his associates have said that any disclosures made were appropriate in the context of the conversation and justified and under his authority.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster today said that the premise of The Washington Post report that initially revealed the disclosure was “false” but did not deny that the president shared intelligence with the Russians, adding that Trump did not reveal any sources or methods used to gather intelligence.

McMaster explained that Trump didn’t even know where the information that he shared with Russian officials had come from, but experts say that the content of the information could help reveal its source.

Danny Yatom, the former director of Israel's spy agency Mossad, warns that even if Trump didn't reveal the source -- which McMaster said the president didn't know at the time of the conversation with the Russian officials -- or methods of how the U.S. obtained the intelligence, it could still put the source in danger.

"Sometimes damage is caused from the content of the revelation, even if he does not say the methods and sources,” Yatom told The Jerusalem Post.

“The fact that you have very high-quality sensitive intelligence can lead to revealing the source. Very few people in ISIS may know about this information. Once it is publicized, ISIS can do an investigation and find the source," Yatom added.

John Cohen, an ABC News contributor and a former counterterrorism and intelligence official at the Department of Homeland Security, said that such revelations could have consequences down the road in cut ties from intelligence sources.

“It creates the risk that the original provider of the information will be less inclined to share sensitive intelligence in the future,” he said.

Before it was revealed that Israel was the source of the intelligence that was shared by Trump, Yatom described how they would have been operating from an understanding that such information would not be shared with others.

“If someone gives the U.S. very sensitive information… it is prohibited to give the information to a third party -- for sure not to Russia who has ties with Iran and Syria,” he told The Jerusalem Post.

Cohen said lives could be in danger as a result of the disclosure.

"This type of intelligence comes from very sensitive collection capabilities; it could be somebody undercover, it could be that an intelligence service has been able to bug a laptop or a cellphone… [and the disclosure] could result in someone getting killed. It could result in terrorists changing the way they communicate."

Cohen cites the intelligence dump by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as an example of an intel setback. "Terrorist leaders changed the way they communicated because they had insight into the way we collected intelligence," he explained.

Cohen said if the report about Trump’s disclosure is true, “This is an extraordinarily serious issue and it should be taken very seriously by all Americans because it potentially could lead to our lessening of our ability to obtain vital information and that could increase the risk to the safety of Americans."</s>The part the White House wants you to remember about National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster's statement, read at a hastily arranged press conference Monday evening, is his last line about The Washington Post's bombshell report that President Trump shared highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in their already unusual Oval Office meeting: "I was in the room. It didn't happen." The carefully worded statement said the Washington Post article "as reported, is false," but what he specifically denied is not what The Washington Post reported.

McMaster said Trump never discussed "intelligence sources or methods" with the Russian officials, and "did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known." But what the Post reported — confirmed by The New York Times, Reuters, CNN, and BuzzFeed, one of whose sources said Trump's disclosure is "far worse than what has already been reported" — is that Trump "jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State" by sharing details Russia could use "to help identify the U.S. ally or intelligence capability involved."

Importantly, "at no point in his statement to the Post before the story went live or in his appearance in front of reporters afterward does McMaster say, 'President Trump didn't share classified information with Russia' or anything close to it," says Aaron Blake at The Washington Post. A group of top national security lawyers at Lawfare make a similar point: that McMaster's "carefully worded" statement and another from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson "leave open the possibility that classified information was disclosed other than sources and methods or that classified information was disclosed which might be used as a basis to infer sources and methods not directly disclosed." They also explain why this matters:

It is important to recognize that not all Top Secret information is created equal. The most sensitive category by far is that related to the protection of "sources and methods," which relates not just to the substance of intelligence but to the manner by which it was obtained. If sources and methods information is revealed, it risks losing the method of collection in the future, which poses much larger long-term security consequences. [Lawfare]

The CNN report below indicates that intelligence sources differ slightly on the exact severity of Trump's disclosure to the Russians, but do agree it is a big deal.</s>In a breaking news story out of Washington D.C., it is now being reported that Donald Trump revealed what has been called “highly classified information” to a visiting Russian foreign minister and ambassador during their visit to the White House last week. What’s more, the ex and current U.S. officials (at least two) who came forward with the accusations of improper sharing of classified information are also claiming that the info shared by Trump puts a “critical source” of Islamic State intelligence in jeopardy.

As MSN News reports, the story was originally reported by The Washington Post, and former and current U.S. officials close to the White House claim that Donald Trump revealed the highly classified information on May 10 during a closed-door meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak. The information Trump reportedly spilled has been deemed so sensitive that it’s been referred to as “code-word information,” and it is so highly classified that it shouldn’t even be shared with allies of the United States, let alone Russian diplomats.

The United States intelligence community reportedly came by the highly classified, Islamic State-related information through an intelligence sharing information from a source revealed only as a “U.S. partner” – a partner that had not given the United States permission to share the highly classified information with Russia. In fact, the information was so secret that its details have reportedly been withheld among members of the United States’ own government officials.

It has been reported that because Donald Trump allegedly shared highly classified information, the relationship between the United States and their partner who provided it has been compromised. That partner, who has not been named, is reportedly considered an ally with direct access to what is going on behind the scenes of the Islamic State. The seriousness of the information being shared was so dire that after Trump allegedly chose to share the highly classified information with the duo of Russian diplomats last week, high-level officials within the White House were forced to do some serious damage control.

The damage control reportedly included making contact with some of the United States’ intelligence agencies, including the CIA and NSA.

However, despite the highly classified nature of the information Donald Trump reportedly shared with his Russian visitors, he was most likely within his scope of authority as POTUS to choose to do so. While most government employees are highly restricted and could face serious career and legal consequences for sharing classified information, the acting POTUS is largely exempt from those regulations. Trump has a substantial amount of leeway and authority when it comes to decisions regarding the declassification of government secrets; as such, it is unlikely that last week’s alleged revelations to the Russian diplomats broke any laws.

Even so, the news that Trump willingly shared highly classified information with the Russians could hardly come at a worse time for the president. He is currently under the microscope over his firing of FBI director James Comey, who was overseeing the investigation into the alleged ties Trump and his campaign had (or have) to Russia. It is likely that today’s revelations will give Trump’s critics more fuel for their collective fire.

However, at least one source claims that Trump merely reviewed “common threats” with the Russian ambassador. National security adviser H.R. McMaster was part of the meeting in question, and he is publicly defending Donald Trump.

While McMaster apparently had Trump’s back, other senior U.S. officials are concerned with the way the POTUS handled the highly classified information when speaking with the Russian diplomats and are reportedly specifically worried that he doesn’t understand the “potential consequences” of his actions.

At least one source, a U.S. government official who is described as having “knowledge” of Trump’s interaction with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week said that the POTUS appeared to boast to the Russian diplomat about having classified information about a current threat.

Donald Trump then reportedly went on to describe in detail a looming threat, including the name of the city where the U.S.’s intelligence ally reportedly gathered the classified information that was shared with the U.S. intelligence community. It is the name of that city that U.S. intelligence officials are most concerned about Trump sharing with his Russian guests, particularly when it comes to protecting their highly-valued and classified Islamic State source.

According to sources who witnessed the exchange between Trump and Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister responded to the revelation of highly classified information by calling for the U.S. and Russia to work more closely in fighting global terrorism.

This isn’t the first time that Trump has raised eyebrows when communicating with foreign leaders and other officials Earlier this year, he managed to offend the Australian Prime minister in a phone call. As The New York Times reports, Trump caused a rift between the U.S. and its Australian ally after hanging up on that country’s Prime Minister. It has been reported that Donald Trump refuses to utilize the multi-page National Security Council briefs that are prepared for the POTUS to assist him with conversing with foreign leaders and diplomats. Trump has reportedly even largely refused to use the condensed single-page versions of the briefs, a version he is said to have demanded. Rather, he frequently opts to “wing it” when engaging other world leaders.

Neither the NSA nor CIA have yet to comment on the reports of Trump revealing classified information to his Russian visitors last week in D.C. Trump has also remained mum regarding the allegations.

While Donald Trump is unlikely to face legal fall-out from allegedly sharing highly classified information with Russian diplomats last week, it’s worth noting that the White House readout of the meeting didn’t note that Trump had discussed the Islamic State threat with Lavrov and Kislyak in any capacity, classified or otherwise.</s>WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended revealing information to Russian officials, saying in a pair of tweets Tuesday that he shared “facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety” and had “the absolute right” to do so.

Trump was responding to reports Monday that he revealed highly classified information to senior Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting last week, putting a source of intelligence on the Islamic State at risk.

But Trump tweeted that he shared the information for “humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.”

Trump says he wanted to share with Russia “facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety.” He noted that as president, he has an “absolute right” to do this.

The reports by The Washington Post and others drew strong condemnation from Democrats and a rare rebuke of Trump from some Republican lawmakers. White House officials denounced the report, saying the president did not disclose intelligence sources or methods to the Russians, though officials did not deny that classified information was disclosed in the May 10 meeting.

The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, Trump’s national security adviser. “At no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.”

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also disputed the Post report. He said Trump discussed a range of subjects with the Russians, including “common efforts and threats regarding counter-terrorism.” The nature of specific threats was discussed, he said, but not sources, methods or military operations.

The Post, citing current and former U.S. officials, said Trump shared details about an Islamic State terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. The ambassador has been a central player in the snowballing controversy surrounding possible coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia’s election meddling.

The anonymous officials told the Post that the information Trump relayed during the Oval Office meeting had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement. They said it was considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government.

The New York Times and BuzzFeed News published similar reports later Monday.

The Washington Post reported Monday that President Trump may have jeopardized a secret source of intelligence regarding the Islamic State group by discussing highly sensitive information during a White House meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week. Judy Woodruff speaks with The Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe, one of reporters who helped break the story.

Russia’s foreign ministry spokesman denied the report. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, on Facebook on Tuesday described the reports as “yet another fake.”

The revelations could further damage Trump’s already fraught relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies. He’s openly questioned the competency of intelligence officials and challenged their high-confidence assessment that Russia meddled in last year’s presidential election to help him win. His criticism has been followed by a steady stream of leaks to the media that have been damaging to Trump and exposed an FBI investigation into his associates’ possible ties to Russia.

The disclosure also risks harming his credibility with U.S. partners around the world ahead of his first overseas trip. The White House was already reeling from its botched handling of Trump’s decision last week to fire James Comey, the FBI director who was overseeing the Russia investigation.

A European security official said sharing sensitive information could dampen the trust between the United States and its intelligence sharing partners. “It wouldn’t likely stop partners from sharing life-saving intelligence with the Americans, but it could impact the trust that has been built, particularly if sharing such information exposes specific intelligence gathering methods,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak about such intelligence sharing.

The revelation also prompted cries of hypocrisy. Trump spent the campaign arguing that his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, should be locked up for careless handling of classified information.

The Post said the intelligence partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russian officials. By doing so, Trump would have jeopardized cooperation from an ally familiar with the inner workings of the Islamic State group, and make other allies — or even U.S. intelligence officials — wary about sharing future top secret details with the president.

Afterward, White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency, the newspaper said.

The CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment Monday evening.

Congressional Republicans and Democrats expressed concern about the report.

GOP Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters the Trump White House “has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and order.” He described the White House as “on a downward spiral.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York also called the story “disturbing,” adding, “Revealing classified information at this level is extremely dangerous and puts at risk the lives of Americans and those who gather intelligence for our country.”

The controversy engulfed the White House. Reporters spent much of the evening camped out adjacent to Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s office, hoping for answers. At one point, an eagle-eyed reporter spotted a handful of staffers, including Spicer and Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, walking toward the Cabinet Room.

Associated Press writers Julie Pace, Vivian Salama, Catherine Lucey, Jill Colvin and Ken Thomas contributed to this report from Washington. Associated Press writer Paisley Dodds contributed from London.</s>Following reports that Donald Trump leaked ‘highly classified’ information to officials in Russia, the POTUS took to Twitter (obviously) to tell his side of the story. Of course, he’s adamant that he had every right to share what he did.

“As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety,” Donald Trump, 70, tweeted on May 16. “Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.” The President’s defensive tweet comes after the Washington Post reported that he spilled top-secret intel to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, when they met in the Oval Office on May 10. Now, the United States’ relationship with the allied partner Trump reportedly received this information from — who didn’t authorize it being shared — is at risk, according to the Post.

The information that Trump allegedly shared is so secret and important, that the U.S. hadn’t even shared it with its closest allies yet, and the details hadn’t even reached most of the US government yet. Trump reportedly told Lavrov and Kislyak about an ISIS terrorist plot that involved using laptops on airplane, although the Russian Foreign Ministry blasted the report as “fake news.” In his tweets, Trump did not confirm if the information he shared with Russia was “classified,” but clearly, he feels adamant that he did nothing wrong.

Many are hoping that if it’s confirmed Trump did leak classified info, the impeachment process will begin, however, it’s highly unlikely…because, technically, he hasn’t done anything illegal. The President of the United States is legally allowed to declassify secrets, so it’s not likely that he broke any laws.

HollywoodLifers, do you think Donald Trump had a right to share the information with Russia that he did?</s>You may recall hearing that Donald Trump had plans to meet with the Russian foreign minister right after he fired FBI director James Comey.

According to reports, Trump revealed highly classified intel in that meeting.

President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. The information Trump relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said. The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said that Trump’s decision to do so risks cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and National Security Agency. “This is code-word information,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter, using terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels used by American spy agencies. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.”

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Trump and the Russians merely “reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” and that “at no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already already known publically.” The CIA declined to comment to the Post while the NSA did not respond. Following the revelation that Trump disclosed classified information to the Russians, several lawmakers posted on Twitter a July 2016 speech from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), in which he said that individuals who are "extremely careless" with classified information should be denied further access to it, a reference to then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Just as the above news was breaking, Keith Olbermann shared this video in which he outlines how Trump could be prosecuted:
According to a current and a former unnamed U.S. government official, President Donald Trump revealed classified information that jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State during his Oval Office meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador on May 10.