CNNW CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow And Jim Sciutto September 9, 2019
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 acco...