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Trump, Netanyahu spoke via phone amid talk of intelligence leak - ABC News

posted onMay 18, 2017
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Article snippet: A senior source in Israeli Israel next week. The call was not listed on the Prime Minister's schedule or on the White House schedule, but Haaretz reported it was Trump who called Netanyahu after the U.S. president spoke with Jordan's King Abdullah. The call with Abdullah was listed on the official White House schedule. According to the senior source in the prime minister's office, Tuesday's call focused solely on the upcoming visit, which is particularly surprising given the timing. On Monday night, ABC News reported the life of a spy placed by Israel inside ISIS was at risk, according to current and former U.S. officials, after Trump reportedly disclosed classified information in a meeting with Russian officials last week. Israeli officials have not confirmed the origin of the information, but according to the senior source in Netanyahu's office, intelligence was not discussed. According to current and former U.S. officials, the spy provided intelligence involving an active ISIS plot to bring down a passenger jet en route to the United States, with a bomb hidden in a laptop that U.S. officials believe can get through airport screening machines undetected. The information was reliable enough that the U.S. is now considering a ban on laptops on all flights from Europe to the United States. In the wake of the reports, Israeli officials have expressed confidence in the intelligence-sharing relationship. Tweeting Wednesday morning, Israeli Defen... Link to the full article to read more

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