More Details Emerge On Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley Talks With China Behind Then-President Donald Trump's Back

 

Daily Mail: Peril author Bob Woodward reveals Gen. Milley briefed top brass about China call and ordered Pacific region admiral to CANCEL operations that could be seen as 'provocative': Trump allies say he undermined President's orders 

* Bob Woodward said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley briefed four entities on his backchannel calls with China behind President Trump's back 

* 'There's nothing hidden about this,' Woodward assured 

* When asked if he knew he was reporting on 'treasonous behavior' by Milley in his new book, he replied: 'No, not at all' 

* Woodward said Milley told CIA Director Gina Haspel, NSA Director Paul Nakasone and chiefs of the military branches to 'watch everything' 

* Also ordered an admiral in charge of the Pacific region to 'cancel operations that the Chinese might see as provocative' 

* Woodward and Robert Costa's new book 'Peril' hits shelves on Tuesday 

General Mark Milley briefed four entities on his talks with China behind then-President Donald Trump's back, 'Peril 'author Bob Woodward revealed Monday, saying the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered operations to cease that he thought Beijing could see as 'provocative.' 

He said that he wasn't aware he was reporting on any 'treasonous behavior' by writing about Milley's backchannel calls with China because there was 'nothing hidden' about it happening at the time. 

'After the call he then gave a full briefing to four people,' Woodward told Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos on Monday morning where he was joined by co-author Robert Costa. 

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WNU Editor: This story gets worse and more eye-opening everyday.

In the meantime the authors who broke this story are defending General Milley .... Milley was ‘not going rogue’ in secret call to Chinese general, authors say (Washington Examiner). More here .... Woodward: Milley was 'setting in motion sensible precautions' with calls to China (The Hill), and here .... Robert Costa: Gen. Mark Milley "was not going rogue" with China calls (Axios).