US, Israeli spies upset that Trump shared intel with Russia
Source: Washington Post
WASHINGTON The United States and Israel are publicly brushing aside President Donald Trumps reported sharing of a highly classified tip from Israel with Russia, but spy professionals on both sides are frustrated and fearful about the repercussions to a critical intelligence partnership.
I know how things work in Israeli intelligence, said Uri Bar-Joseph, a professor at Haifa University in Israel who has studied and written widely about the Jewish states spy operations. I have some friends I talk with. Theyre upset. They are sincerely frustrated and angry.
Meeting Russias foreign minister and ambassador to Washington in the Oval Office last week, Trump shared intelligence about an Islamic State threat involving laptops carried on airplanes, according to a senior U.S. official who wasnt authorized to talk about the sensitive material and spoke on condition of anonymity.
U.S. and Israeli officials have tried to allay concerns. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters that Trumps disclosure was wholly appropriate. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman tweeted that the allies will continue to have a deep, meaningful and unprecedented security relationship.
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nycbos
(6,034 posts)This was the wests best chance to foil any terror plots they might have been, or are currently planning.
That was blown due to Trumps child like boasting.
If you are the head of the Mossad would you continue to share intel with us?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)dembotoz
(16,784 posts)wonder what they think of all this