’Israeli’ Intel: We Must Reassess What Info We Share With US
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‘Israeli' intelligence is reassessing what information they choose to share with the entity's "greatest ally," the United States, according to a Wednesday report in the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
"We can't hand over our crown jewels," an intelligence source claimed following Monday's bombshell Washington Post story revealing that US President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence to Russian officials in the White House last week.
The side supplying the intelligence to the US was identified in the Post story only as "an ally that has access to the inner workings of [Daesh]." Sources told The New York Times on Tuesday that ‘Israel' was that side.
The Yedioth source assessed that the "highly sensitive" information disclosed by Trump to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and its US ambassador Sergey Kislyak was handed over recently in several meetings with US officials on the situation in Syria.
The intelligence officials speculate that Trump presented this information as a reprimand to the Russians.
As a result of the information leaked by Trump, an ‘Israeli' spy's life is believed to be at risk, a Tuesday ABC news report claimed.
The spy is said to have tipped handlers off about a Daesh plan to blow up a passenger plane headed for the US by hiding a bomb in a laptop, said the station, quoting current and former US officials.
The US already prohibits 10 mainly Middle Eastern airports from allowing laptops on board US-bound flights. US and European officials were set Wednesday to discuss plans to broaden the ban to include planes from Europe.
They added that the intelligence provided by the spy was so sensitive that it was shared only with the US and was conditioned on the source remaining secret.
Trump acknowledged in a series of tweets that he passed on the information to Russia.
"As President I wanted to share with Russia [at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting] which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS [Daesh] & terrorism."
While not commenting directly on the Post and Times reports, the Zionist ambassador to the US Ron Dermer stood by the US president in a Monday statement.
"'Israel' has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under President Trump," Dermer said.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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