According to the Times, Biden told about 130 guests in attendance at the fundraiser: “The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two boxcars full of spy equipment in it is he didn’t know it was there.”
“No, I’m serious. That’s what’s a great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn’t know what happened,” Biden said.
The Times reported that “other U.S. officials were surprised on Tuesday night that the president would discuss the sensitive information in a public setting.”
An official briefed on the intelligence who spoke on the condition of anonymity told the outlet that Biden’s remarks accurately reflected the American government’s private assessment.
And for the crowning jewel of his amazing mental decline:
He also reportedly tried to assure donors about China, saying, “Don’t worry about China…I mean, worry about China, but don’t worry about China. … No, but I really mean it. China is real — has real economic difficulties.”
IIRC, potentially leaking intelligence data warrants an indictment, yes? But I guess actually leaking it not? Just like supposedly thinking about withholding funding to Ukraine is an impeachable offense while bragging about actually doing it is perfectly fine.
The principle remains, as it did with Trump, the President has the full and final say on what is classified and what isn't. That includes if he lets slip, misspeaks or has a senior moment and starts handing out secrets.
It's funny, but completely within the law. In fact it counts as declassification.
That's kind of the question.
Do they feed him BS? Did they always?
Did they know that some info will spill out randomly, did they not know, or did they think they could stop it?
And for the crowning jewel of his amazing mental decline:
We're so fucked.
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IIRC, potentially leaking intelligence data warrants an indictment, yes? But I guess actually leaking it not? Just like supposedly thinking about withholding funding to Ukraine is an impeachable offense while bragging about actually doing it is perfectly fine.
The principle remains, as it did with Trump, the President has the full and final say on what is classified and what isn't. That includes if he lets slip, misspeaks or has a senior moment and starts handing out secrets.
It's funny, but completely within the law. In fact it counts as declassification.
Since he is prone to talking like this, why would anyone let him in on important information?
That's kind of the question.
Do they feed him BS? Did they always?
Did they know that some info will spill out randomly, did they not know, or did they think they could stop it?