But two years later, the vital Kremlin informants have largely gone silent,
officials also raised the possibility that the outing of an F.B.I. informant under scrutiny by the House intelligence committee — an examination encouraged by President Trump — has had a chilling effect on intelligence collection.
The officials, seeking to protect methods of collection from Russia, would not provide details about lost sources, but acknowledged the degradation in the information collected from Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/cia-russia-midterm-elections.html
officials also raised the possibility that the outing of an F.B.I. informant under scrutiny by the House intelligence committee — an examination encouraged by President Trump — has had a chilling effect on intelligence collection.
The officials, seeking to protect methods of collection from Russia, would not provide details about lost sources, but acknowledged the degradation in the information collected from Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/cia-russia-midterm-elections.html
