that s right. this context is important. the end of the obama administration, going back months before, u.s. intelligence officials had already expressed concerns about the safety of this spy and other russian assets, given the length of their cooperation with the u.s. this according to a former senior intelligence official. those concerns grew in early 2017 after the u.s. intelligence community released its public report on russian meddling in the 2016 election, which, of course, said that putin himself had ordered the operation. the intelligence community also shared a classified version of that report with the incoming trump administration. and that classified version included information about the sources and methods behind the asse assessment. they considered extracting at least one russian asset at the time, but did not do so, according to the former senior intelligence official. the meeting with the russians and the oval office raised new concerns in the intel community which
that intelligence concerning isis and syria had been provided by israel. the disclosure to the russians about the president did prompt intelligence officials about the risk of the exposure. this source was directly involved in the matter. then cia director mike pompeo said that too much information was coming out regarding this asset. this happened at the may 17th oval office meeting with president trump. it isn t the first time there was concern about this? they already expressed concerns to the safety of this spy and russian assets. this according to a former senior intelligence official. those concerns grew in early 2017 after the intelligence community released its report on russian meddling, which said
the disclosure to the russians by the president prompted intelligence officials to renew discussions about the potential risk of exposure. this according to a source directly involved in the matter. at the time then cia director pompeo told officials that too much information was coming out regarding this asset. so, jim, what are you hearing about the fact that this was not the first time that there were concerns about this source, this spy being exposed? for sure. and to be clear, i spoke to multiple officials and these concerns were growing over months. at the end of the obama administration, u.s. intelligence officials expressed concern about the safety of this spy and other russian assets given the length of cooperation with the u.s. those concerns grew in early 2017 after the u.s. intelligence community released its public report on russian meddling in the 2016 election which said that putin himself ordered the operation.
office in which trump discussed highly classified intelligence. the information has been provided by israel. the disclosure of the russians by the president, though not about the russian spy specifically, prompted citizens to issue new information about the exposure, according to a source in this matter. at the time, then ccia director mike pompeo told officials that too much information was coming out regarding the asset. to be clear, this was not the first time they were concerned about the asset being exposed. at the end of the obama administration, u.s. intelligence officials had already expressed concerns about the information of this spy and other assets given their length of cooperation with the u.s., this according to a former u.s. official. those concerns grew in 2017 after the intelligence committee released its public report on russian meddling in the 2016 election, which said that putin
committee released the public report on russian meddling in the 2016 election, which said putin himself had ordered the operation. the intelligence community at the time shared a classified version of the report, with the incoming trump administration, that included information on sources and methods behind the intelligence, and at the time senior u.s. infetelligence officials considered extracting one asset but did not do so. the meeting with the russians in the oval office raised new concerns in the intel community which continued to grow. i should note this, none of these incidents happening in isolation. weeks after the decision to extract the covert source, the president met privately with russian president putin at the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany. afterward, i m told, u.s. intelligence officials again expressed concern that the president may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with russia. this according to an intelligence source with knowledge of the intel