OPINION: Trump's loose lips endanger lives of America's finest
Two news headlines during the first week of the year made my blood run cold. The first, on Jan. 5, declared: “Trump says he tipped off oil companies on Venezuela attack.” So, even though he refused to tell anyone in Congress that he was going to launch a risky attack on a foreign country, he was blabbing about it to oil company executives before it took place. It is doubtful that any of the oil execs had a security clearance.
The next day’s headline said: “Trump administration thanks the media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured Maduro.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “a number of media outlets had gotten leaks” about the impending operation, including the New York Times and Washington Post. It sounds more like a torrent than a leak. The outlets had held off reporting to protect service personnel. Rubio thanked the news outlets, saying American “lives could have been lost” had the attack been reported.
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