"[O]fficials 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 story claims.
Note the use of the passive language that obscures who did - and who did not - out the FBI informant.
The Times published that at least one informant was being run against the campaign, and that one of the informants met with multiple Trump campaign affiliates, including Carter Page and George Papadopolous.
Shortly after these reports outing the identity of the informant ran, various media outlets including The New York Times published the name of the informant: Stefan Halper.
The Times writes of "The outing of an F.B.I. informant under scrutiny by the House intelligence committee - an examination encouraged by President Trump." Later, the Times writes, "This year, the identity of an F.B.I. informant, Stefan Halper, became public after House lawmakers sought information on him and the White House allowed the information to be shared."
The suggestion is that Trump supports outing the FBI informant.
During the summer of 2016, the F.B.I. sent an informant to meet with two Trump campaign advisers after the bureau had received information that the two men had suspicious contacts linked to Russia.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/28/3-major-problems-with-nyt-story-about-outing-of-fbis-trump-informant/
Note the use of the passive language that obscures who did - and who did not - out the FBI informant.
The Times published that at least one informant was being run against the campaign, and that one of the informants met with multiple Trump campaign affiliates, including Carter Page and George Papadopolous.
Shortly after these reports outing the identity of the informant ran, various media outlets including The New York Times published the name of the informant: Stefan Halper.
The Times writes of "The outing of an F.B.I. informant under scrutiny by the House intelligence committee - an examination encouraged by President Trump." Later, the Times writes, "This year, the identity of an F.B.I. informant, Stefan Halper, became public after House lawmakers sought information on him and the White House allowed the information to be shared."
The suggestion is that Trump supports outing the FBI informant.
During the summer of 2016, the F.B.I. sent an informant to meet with two Trump campaign advisers after the bureau had received information that the two men had suspicious contacts linked to Russia.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/28/3-major-problems-with-nyt-story-about-outing-of-fbis-trump-informant/
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