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Trump Accidentally Exposes the Location, Identities of U.S. Navy Seal Team 5 on Twitter
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 27, 2018 09:21am |
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| Author | Matt Stieb |
| News Date | Thursday, December 27, 2018 04:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As president, it is technically within Trump’s job description to declassify that sort of information, but it does violate protocol designed to keep secret locations of special forces secret. “The deployments of special operation forces, including Navy SEALs are almost always classified events, as to protect those men and women that are on the front lines of every overt and covert conflict the United States is involved in,” a Defense Department official told Newsweek. “Even during special operation demonstrations for congressional delegations or for the president or vice president, personnel either have their faces covered or their face is digitally blurred prior to a release to the general public.” |
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