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Sources who were revealing classified information to cnn. i don't 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 bull's-eye on his head. i don't know how those sources could sleep at night knowing that they've done this for apparently some political purpose. >> mike: it mary beth, "the new york times" making it pretty clear this had nothing to do with president trump. "former intelligence official s...

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 it's hard for american intelligence to operate. there's 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 details here. this is fascinating at so many different levels, jim. just as fascinatining is ...

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 russia's 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 mike pompeo, who was cia director in 2017, pushing back. >> the report tlg is factually wrong. >> p...

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-un's brother as a spy. remember, this is what the president said. >> i saw the information about the cia with respe...

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 shouldn't 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 official told cnn that trump, quote, believes there are people who are selling out their country. we ...