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In 2017, after Trump gave classified intel to Lavrov & Kislyak, the US extracted one of its highest-level covert sources from inside the Russian govt, driven by concerns that Trump's repeated mishandling of classified intel could expose the source as a spy.cnn.com/2019/09/09/pol…
The secret removal of the high-level Russian asset [due to fear that Trump could expose them] has left the US without one of its key sources on the Kremlin's inner workings and Putin's thinking at a time when US-Russia tensions have been growing.
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Weeks after the decision to extract the spy, Trump met privately with Putin and took the unusual step of confiscating the interpreter's notes. US intel officials again expressed concern that Trump may have improperly discussed classified intel with Russia.
Guessing THIS was extracted Kremlin spy: The intel exposing Putin’s role in election 'meddling' included *one particularly valuable human source* considered so sensitive, @JohnBrennan declined to refer to it in the PDB during Obama's final months in office. 
@JohnBrennan "A top-secret source close to Putin described to the CIA how the Kremlin decided to execute its hacking & disinformation campaign."
@JohnBrennan The NYTs confirms. The Moscow informant [extracted by US due to fears Trump would expose the asset to Putin] was instrumental to the CIA’s most explosive conclusion about Russia’s election interference: that Putin ordered & orchestrated it himself.
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@JohnBrennan The extraction of the asset ended the career of one of the CIA’s most important sources and blinded US intel officials to the view from inside Russia on the Kremlin's interference in the 2018 midterms and 2020.
How convenient for Trump & the GOP.
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How convenient for Trump & the GOP.
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@JohnBrennan More via @jimsciutto: The Russian asset [extracted by US IC due to fears Trump would expose him to Putin] had direct access to Putin, including the remarkable ability to take photos of presidential documents, and had served the US for 10+ years. 1/
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