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Involved said the removal was driven in part by concerns that President Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a may 2017 meeting in the oval office in which trump us discussed highly classified intelligence with sergi lavrov and sergi kislyak. The intelligence concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. The disclosure to the yrussians by the president prompted officials to renew discussions about potential risk of exposure according to the source directly involved in the matter. At the time cia director mike pompeo told other senior Trump Administration officials too much information was coming out regarding the asset. This is incredibly significant and great reporting, important reporting, you worked for a long time on this. This is not the first time they were concerned about the asset. The background is important. At
meeting with kislyak and lavrov. weeks after that decision to extract the covert source, the president met privately with russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit in hamburg. you may recall at the meeting he took the unusual step of confiscating the interpreter s notes. afterwards, intelligence officials again expressed concern that president may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with russia. according to an intelligence source with knowledge of the intelligence community s response to that trump/putin meeting. the administration, jim, what is the administration s response to this. we searched out to a number of officials in the administration as well as the cia. a u.s. official said that before the secret operation, there was media speculation about the existence of such a covert source and such coverage, poses risks to the safety of anyone, that a foreign government suspects may be involved. however this official did not identify any public recovering t
involved said the removal was driven in part by concerns that president trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. the decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a may 2017 meeting in the oval office in which trump us discussed highly classified intelligence with sergi lavrov and sergi kislyak. the intelligence concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. the disclosure to the yrussians by the president prompted officials to renew discussions about potential risk of exposure according to the source directly involved in the matter. at the time cia director mike pompeo told other senior trump administration officials too much information was coming out regarding the asset. this is incredibly significant and great reporting, important reporting, you worked