--- title: President Trump Retweets a National Security Leak description: President Trump's war against leakers may not apply to Fox News. The president retweets a Fox story about U..S. intelligence on North Korea. canonical: https://time.com/4891087/president-trump-retweets-a-national-security-leak/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-08T18:44:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:54:06.325Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Retweets a National Security Leak og:description: President Trump's war against leakers may not apply to Fox News. 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The president retweets a Fox story about U..S. intelligence on North Korea. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Retweets a National Security Leak by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 8, 2017 6:44 PM UTC  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 8, 2017 6:44 PM UTC President Trump’s war against leakers may not apply to Fox News. Trump retweeted a Fox story about U.S. intelligence on North Korea Tuesday morning sourced to anonymous officials discussing classified information. Minutes later, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said she couldn’t talk about the disclosure because it was classified and condemned the leakers. While presidents have broad authority to declassify information, it was nonetheless striking given the current White House-cheered anti-leak probe initiated by the Justice Department. As Trump weighs the U.S. options for Afghanistan, a plan to use private contractors in place of U.S. forces is getting a second look. Trump’s quiet deregulation push. 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