Intelligence community warning Israeli counterparts info given to Trump likely goes to Russia

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Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
This is advice the intelligence community is giving about an incoming American president and his team... http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.764711?v=74A9A2AC6F00E892BC72B10692D09D07&v=74A9A2AC6F00E892BC72B10692D09D07 … #notnormal

Israeli intelligence officials are concerned that the exposure of classified information to their American counterparts under a Trump administration could lead to their being leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, investigative journalist Ronen Bergman reported by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Thursday.

The intelligence concerns, which have been discussed in closed forums recently, are based on suspicions of unreported ties between President-elect Donald Trump, or his associates, and the government of Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

As Russian intelligence is associated with intelligence officials in Tehran, highly classified information, such as Israel's clandestine methods of operation and intelligence sources, could potentially reach Iran. Such information has been shared with the United States in the past.

American intelligence officials expressed despair at the election of Trump during a recent meeting with their Israeli counterparts, Bergman reported. They said that they believed that Putin had “leverages of pressure” over Trump, though they did not elaborate. The American media reported on Wednesday that Russia has embarrassing intelligence about the president-elect.

According to Bergman, the American intelligence officials implied that Israel should “be careful” when transferring intelligence information to the White House and the National Security Council (NSC) following Trump's inauguration – at least until it is clear that Trump does not have inappropriate connections with Russia...

read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.764711?v=74A9A2AC6F00E892BC72B10692D09D07&v=74A9A2AC6F00E892BC72B10692D09D07

Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid 10h10 hours ago
They're telling their Israeli counterparts to beware: anything you tell Trump or his team could wind up in the hands of the Russians. Wow.