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As @sethjlevy notes, this CNN article makes for interesting reading when spin is removed.

Scuitto - along w/Tapper and Evan Perez - "broke" the story of Comey's briefing of the dossier to President Trump on 1-10-17

Per House report, Clapper briefed CNN.
cnn.com/2019/09/09/pol…

2) Trump blamed BUT:

"At the end of the Obama administration, US intelligence officials had already expressed concerns about the safety of this spy and other Russian assets, given the length of their cooperation with the US, according to a former senior intelligence official."

3) "Those concerns grew in early 2017 after the US intelligence community released its public report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which said Putin himself ordered the operation."

4) CIA response directly disputes CNN:

"Misguided speculation that the President's handling of our nation's most sensitive intelligence—which he has access to each and every day—drove an alleged exfiltration operation is inaccurate."

5) White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham:

"CNN's reporting is not only incorrect, it has the potential to put lives in danger."

6) CNN article does bring to mind 2 other articles.

"The most prominent of the C.I.A.’s sources of intelligence on Russia’s election interference was a person close to Mr. Putin who provided information about his involvement, former officials have said."
nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/…

NYT Cont:

"The source turned over evidence for one of the last major intelligence conclusions that President Barack Obama made public before leaving office: that Mr. Putin himself was behind the Russia hack."

8) NYT Cont:

"Long nurtured by the C.I.A., the source rose to a position that enabled the informant to provide key information in 2016 about the Russian leadership’s role in the interference campaign, the officials said."

9) NYT Cont:

"John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director under Mr. Obama, would bring reports from the source directly to the White House, keeping them out of the president’s daily intelligence briefing."

10) But the May 2019 NYT article appears to have its origins in this June 23, 2017 WAPO article.

washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/…

11) "Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried “eyes only” instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides."

12) "Inside was an intelligence bombshell, a report drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government that detailed Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race."

13) "The material was so sensitive that CIA Director John O. Brennan kept it out of the President’s Daily Brief, concerned that even that restricted report’s distribution was too broad. The CIA package came with instructions that it be returned immediately after it was read."

14) WAPO:

On Sept. 22, 2016 "Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam B. Schiff-did what they couldn’t get the White House to do. They issued a statement making clear that they had learned from intelligence briefings that Russia was directing a campaign to undermine the election."

15) Oct 7, 2016: Joint Statement regarding Russia Election Interference issued.

WAPO: "Early drafts accused Putin by name, but the reference was removed out of concern that it might endanger intelligence sources and methods."

dhs.gov/news/2016/10/0…

16) On Oct. 7, the day that the Clapper-Johnson statement was released, [Susan] Rice summoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak to the White House and handed him a message to relay to Putin."

18) I find myself recalling that comment by Lisa Page in her testimony re: "Sources" during her exchange with Gowdy:

Mis-numbered last tweet. 18 should be 17. Apologies.