President Trump on Thursday denounced U.S. leaks about Britain’s investigation of the Manchester terrorist bombing and asked the U.S. Justice Department and other agencies to launch a full investigation. The breaches could undermine the extremely close intelligence sharing between the United States and Britain. Earlier Thursday in Brussels, Trump twice declined to answer a reporter’s questions about the leak controversy and British intelligence sharing. This isn’t the first time that operational details in an ongoing investigation have come out in the United States. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, said he complained to acting U.S. ambassador Lewis Lukens that the leaks were undermining the investigation.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2017 08:44 UTC