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For a long time on this. >> this is not the first time they were concerned about the asset. >> the background is important. at the end of the obama administration, 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 said that putin himself ordered the operation. the intelligence com...

Considers russia one of the two greatest threats to u.s. national security with china. a former senior intelligence official tells me, quote, the impact would be huge because it's so hard to develop sources like that in any denied area, particularly russia, because the surveillance and security is so stringent and can't reacquire a capability like that overnight. that is big loss. >> absolutely. thank you, jim. really appreciate you bringing that. >> thank you. >> so much, so much more to learn from this. really appreciate it. joining me for more perspective on this from jim's great reportin...

The cost to the united states and our intelligence operations, of losing someone like this so highly placed within the russian government? >> it is a big loss at an important time. it's left the u.s. without one of the key sources on the inner workings of the kremlin and plans of thinking and thinking of the russian president, at a time when tensions between the two nations have been growing. the u.s. intelligence community considers russia one of the two greatest threats to the u.s. national security, along with china. a former senior intelligence official tells me, quote, the impact would be...

Withholding several details about this spy to reduce the risk of the person's identification. >> when it comes to the big picture here and the importance of reporting something out like this as you have for weeks on end now, what is the cost to the united states losing an asset like this inside of russia? >> it's significant. it has left the u.s. with one of its key sources on the inner workings of the kremlin and the plans of the thinking of the russian president at a time when tensions between the two nations have been growing. u.s. intelligence community considers russia one of the two grea...

At the end of the obama administration, u.s. intelligence officials expressed concerns about this and other russian spies 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. intel community we released to the puc russian meddling that said russian president had ordered the operation. the intel community shared a classified version of the report. senior u.s. intelligence officials considered extracting one russian asset at that time but did not do so according to the former senior intellige...