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Sources who were revealing classified information to cnn. i dont know how anyone could be doing that. vladimir putin deals very ruthlessly with those whom he calls traders. he tried to poison with soviet style nerve agent and kill former fsb officer with polonium 210. so this guy, if the story is true, has a bulls-eye on his head. i dont know how those sources could sleep at night knowing that theyve done this for apparently some political purpose. >> mike: it mary beth, "the new york times" mak...

The kremlin is an enormous loss. i spoke to a former senior u.s. intelligence official who said to me that particularly in denied areas as they call these, russia is a denied area because its hard for american intelligence to operate. theres a lot of surveillance. imagine trying to cultivate a spy in russia, considering all of that, just this person made clear to me, this former senior intelligence official, this is a very hard asset to replace. >> i got to say i hope people are listening to all...

The informant being exposed and in part because of concerns about how the president and his administration handle intelligence. the spy was considered the highest level source for the u.s. inside the kremlin. high up in russias national security infrastructure. accord tog a source familiar with the matter and a former senior intelligence official. sources tell cnn the spy had access to russian president putin and could even pau pro vid images of presidential documents. today, secretary of state ...

Such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. another former senior intelligence official told cnn that trump, quote, believes there are people who are selling out their country. we should know that even in public, trump has looked down on these foreign assets as they are known in the intelligence community. responding to reports that the cia recruited kim jong-uns brother as ...

With crucial information about countries hostile to the u.s. in private the president has said that foreign spies can damage relations with their host countries and undermine his personal relationships with their leaders. the sources said the president believes, quote, we shouldnt be doing that to each other. one former trump administration official told cnn. in addition to such fear, foreign sources will downplay the relationship with the political leaders. another former senior intelligence of...

They provide. another former senior intelligence official told cnn trump "believes there are people who are selling out their country." even in public we should note that trump looked down on these foreign assets as they are known in the intelligence community, responding to reports that the cia recruited kim jong-uns half brother as a spy. what the president said. >> i saw the information about the cia with respect to his brother or half brother, and i would tell him that would not happen under...

Actions calling them nazis or comparing them to nazis, intelligence official, this kind of thing beyond damaging the morale inside these agencies q3 creates questions and pits a sitting president against agencies whose job it is to help keep the country safe. >> this all comes under your really important reporting yesterday about the highly placed cia asset within the russian government and the secret mission to extract that asset in 2017. what more are you learning in. >> we are learning, these...

The mainstream hawkish view of ambassador bolton. in a conversation monday in the oval office, it came to a head and he offered his resignation and the president didnt really say i want you to say, to the ambassador spent monday night thinking it through and ultimately submitted his resignation on tuesday. >> frank figliuzzi, i had a conversation with a former intelligence official who said only donald trump could make you miss john boltons presence. talk about -- these are policy disagreements ...

The intelligence community also shared a classified version of that report with the incoming trump administration which included highly protected details on the sources behind the intelligence. senior u.s. officials considered extracting at least one russian aset at the time but did not do so according to the former senior intelligence official, however, the meeting with the russians happened in the oval office raising new talks and concerns in the intelligence community continued to grow in the...

Putin himself ordered the operation. the intelligence community also shared a classified version of the report with the incoming trump administration, which included a highly protected details on the sources behind that intelligence. senior u.s. intelligence officials considered extracting at least one russian asset at the time, but did not do so, according to the former senior intelligence official. then the meeting with the russians happened in the oval office, that raised new talks and concer...