“Leaks compromise and disrupt the critical interagency work to collect, assess, and ascribe culpability,” said Haspel in a statement. “When developing intelligence assessments, initial tactical reports often require additional collection and validation.”
“This is the analytic process working the way it should. Unfortunately unauthorized disclosures now jeopardized our ability to ever find out the full story,” said Ratcliffe in a tweeted statement. “We are still investigating the alleged intelligence referenced in recent media reporting and we will brief the President and Congressional leaders at the appropriate time,” he said. (CIA Director Gina Haspel)