Report: Jordanians Claim Leaked Intel Was Theirs, Not Israel's

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 05/18/17 | News Source: JPOST

Amman - Intelligence about ISIS that US President Donald Trump allegedly leaked to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak during an Oval Office meeting last Wednesday was sourced by Jordanian spies, not Israelis, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday morning.

According to the report, “veteran Jordanian intelligence officials” claimed that the numerous media reports that the information Trump disclosed to the Russians originally came from Israel are false. Speaking to Al Jazeera anonymously, the Jordanian officials said that they “don’t believe Israel has any high level spies” inside ISIS.

One source told Al Jazeera that when it comes to ISIS, “Unlike Jordan, Israel relies on its electronic surveillance collection and its intelligence-sharing arrangement with...read more at JPost