Trump Putting US Intelligence Ties At Risk, Officials Say
The Times Of Israel
May 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- With his shoot-from-the-hip tweets targeting US spies and alleged Oval Office leak of secrets to the Russians, US President Donald Trump has damaged White House relations with American and allied intelligence agencies and put national security at risk, current and former officials said Tuesday.
Diplomats, former intelligence officials and senior politicians said Trump's attitude could make allies less willing to share secrets with the United States, and render US spy chiefs less able to provide the White House with crucial security information.
Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta warned that Trump's behavior risks polluting relations between the intelligence agencies of the United States and it's allies.
"He cannot just, you know, go ahead and reveal classified information without creating some huge problems within the intelligence community," Panetta said on CNN, reacting to an explosive Washington Post report claiming Trump shared top secret information with Russia's foreign minister and it's ambassador to the United States.
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