From the idle chatter

Disrupted by Donald Trump in an interview with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov Secret information was received by the United States from Israeli intelligence. This was reported by the ABC channel with reference to former and current American officials.

Information was provided to the United States, provided that its source will remain classified, the interlocutors of the channel emphasize. According to them, as a result of leakage, the life of an Israeli intelligence officer in the ranks of the "Islamic state" was threatened.

“Not only this source was exposed to real risk, but also future sources of information about conspiracies against us,” the former director of the National Center for Combating Terrorism Matt Olsen said ABC.

The disconnected intelligence belonged to IS's plans to arrange a terrorist attack on board the aircraft flying to the United States using a bomb hidden in a laptop. This will allow it to be unnoticed through the airport check system. Information was how reliable that the American authorities are considering the possibility of a ban on transporting laptops on all flights from Europe, ABC notes. Since March, there have been prohibitions on the transportation of electronic equipment in the salons of American aircraft when departing from 10 airports of eastern countries.

Herbert McMaster adviser said that Trump's words were "quite appropriate" in the context of the conversation as the basis for joint actions and coordination. " In a conversation with Lavrov, it was about prepared IG terrorist attacks, including the explosion on board the A321 Liner of the Russian company Kogalymavia over Sinai in October 2015.

Prior to this, McMaster emphasized that Trump in no way disclosed sources and methods of collecting intelligence at a meeting with the Russian Minister. "The president did not even know where the information came from. He was not informed of the source or the method of obtaining this information," the adviser said.

On Monday, The Washington Post, citing anonymous former and current American officials, said that Trump at a meeting in the White House with Lavrov disclosed secret information . According to the sources of the publication, Trump allegedly boasted the presence of a certain information about the "Islamic state". This information was received from US partners as part of an intelligence exchange program. Information is considered so delicate that the data was not reported even by US allies, and in the White House the widespread was strictly limited by a narrow circle of people. CNN and The New York Times also stated that the fact of disclosure of information was confirmed by unnamed sources.

Representatives of the official authorities of the United States categorically denied Trump's disclosure of secret data. Dina Powell, Deputy Advisor to the National Security of the National Security, participating in a meeting with the Russian Minister, called the media reports a lie.

"During the meeting of President Trump and Foreign Minister Lavrov, a wide range of issues was discussed, among which there were common efforts and threats in the struggle against terrorism. During this exchange of views, the nature of specific threats was discussed, but sources, methods and military operations were not discussed," said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“I was present at the same time, there was nothing like that,” said McMaster. “Neither any sources or intelligence methods, nor military operations, which would no longer have known publicly were discussed in any way.”

However, on Tuesday, Trump wrote on his twitter that he had every right to share confidential information with Russia. "As the president, I would like to share with Russia (at an officially declared meeting in the White House) facts regarding terrorism and flight safety, I have an absolute right to do this," Trump emphasized. - Plus, I want Russia to significantly activate its struggle against the IG and terrorism. "The president also mentioned humanitarian reasons.