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According to the New York Times, Israeli cyber operators managed to penetrate Islamic State bombmakers' cell in Syria. This intel was later shared by President Trump with Russian officials
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The source of the classified intelligence that US President Donald Trump shared with Russian officials was information Israel obtained after hacking computers belonging to ISIS, the New York Times reported Monday.
According to the report, which cited a US official, "top Israeli cyber operators penetrated a small cell of extremist bombmakers in Syria months ago."
"That was how the United States learned that the terrorist group was working to make explosives that fooled airport X-ray machines and other screening by looking exactly like batteries for laptop computers," the report read.
According to the report, the information helped support a ban on carrying electronics like laptops on incoming flights from a number of predominantly Muslim countries to the United States and Britain.
A previous report by the NY Times cited two US officials as saying the source of the classified intelligence was Israel. According to the report, the intelligence was shared at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. The officials said Israel had previously urged the US to be cautious with the said information.
The New York Times report said Israeli officials refused to confirm that Israel was the source of the information. However, BuzzFeed News quoted two Israeli intelligence officials as saying that Israel had shared information with the United States on an Islamic State plan to sneak explosive-laden laptops onto planes.
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/29949
According to the New York Times, Israeli cyber operators managed to penetrate Islamic State bombmakers' cell in Syria. This intel was later shared by President Trump with Russian officials
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President Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Photo: AP)
The source of the classified intelligence that US President Donald Trump shared with Russian officials was information Israel obtained after hacking computers belonging to ISIS, the New York Times reported Monday.
According to the report, which cited a US official, "top Israeli cyber operators penetrated a small cell of extremist bombmakers in Syria months ago."
"That was how the United States learned that the terrorist group was working to make explosives that fooled airport X-ray machines and other screening by looking exactly like batteries for laptop computers," the report read.
According to the report, the information helped support a ban on carrying electronics like laptops on incoming flights from a number of predominantly Muslim countries to the United States and Britain.
A previous report by the NY Times cited two US officials as saying the source of the classified intelligence was Israel. According to the report, the intelligence was shared at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. The officials said Israel had previously urged the US to be cautious with the said information.
The New York Times report said Israeli officials refused to confirm that Israel was the source of the information. However, BuzzFeed News quoted two Israeli intelligence officials as saying that Israel had shared information with the United States on an Islamic State plan to sneak explosive-laden laptops onto planes.
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