May rebukes Trump over intelligence leaks

Source: Politico | May 25, 2017 | Marion Solletty, Tom McTague and Charlie Cooper

Tension as the British prime minister meets the US president for the second time.

Theresa May held good on her promise to personally challenge Donald Trump over the leaking of intelligence relating to the Manchester terror attack — but waited until after he had issued a statement condemning the leaks.

The British prime minister spoke to the U.S. president as NATO leaders gathered for their traditional “family photo” Thursday, according to a senior U.K. government official.

In a statement issued shortly before the photo at the Brussels summit, Trump had condemned the leaks as “deeply troubling” and pledged a Department of Justice investigation into the matter.

“The prime minister expressed her view that the intelligence sharing relationship with the U.S. is hugely important and valuable but obviously the intelligence needs to be kept secure,” the senior U.K. official said.

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May and British security services had expressed outrage after the name of the attacker, Salman Abedi, and pictures of the crime scene were leaked to the press, and they blamed the U.S. for the leaks.

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