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Zelensky Comment Raises Fears Over U.S. Intelligence Sharing

The Times reports the remark has unsettled officials on both sides of the Atlantic who worry Washington could dial back what it tells Kyiv; nobody here has seen the intelligence.

Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA comment from Zelensky is raising fears in Washington and Europe over whether the United States will keep sharing intelligence with Ukraine, according to The New York Times.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have sat in rooms where intelligence was shared, and I can tell you it is always shared the same way: reluctantly, and with a form.

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a pressure system, Hank. One comment, and the whole front moves across the continent. I'm calling it Cloud Doris.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, it's a quote, not a cloud.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistEvery quote is a cloud if you stare at it long enough, and I have been staring since lunch.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me finish.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhatever was said, somebody in a government building is rereading it with a highlighter right now, and that is the real intelligence operation.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA highlighter. That's how it starts, Gloria. First the highlighter, then the sticky notes, then a full overcast of memos.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMemos with the word urgent crossed out, and then written in again. I once watched a treaty die of paperclips.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPaperclips.

  11. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd nobody on this panel has seen the intelligence, so I say we all hold very firm opinions about it.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOkay, let's get order. What do we actually know here?

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA comment, and some fear. That is the whole briefing, and we have all been confidently wrong about it for a minute.

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