to the National Security Agency, which was monitoring Russian officials, will be questioned about their sources and their intent. “The president now seems intent on declassifying intelligence to weaponize it,” Mr. Schiff said in an interview. Mr. Trump has long held that he was a target of the “deep state,’’ at various points accusing former President Barack Obama without evidence of tapping his phones, the F.B.I. But it is the human source that particularly worries some former and current intelligence officials. Instead, he would place them in an envelope for Mr. Obama and a tiny circle of aides to read.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 15:32 UTC