U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sandland called President Donald Trump of restaurant in Ukraine this summer, and it "a shocking breach of security that raises serious concerns counterintelligence," said in interview CNN several high-ranking officials in the US, adding that there is a strong likelihood that the intelligence agencies of many foreign countries, including Russia, overheard the conversation.
"If true, a phone call between Ambassador Singledom and President trump is a flagrant violation of the traditional methods of counter-intelligence, on which all the national security officials, including politically appointed ambassadors such as Sandland, repeatedly misleading," says mark Polymeropoulos former CIA officer who led the operations in Europe and Russia before retiring this summer.
"I can't remember in my career was when the Ambassador to the environment with high intelligence, such as Kiev, would be unsafe conversation with the current President. This simply should not be," he said.
it adds the channel, it remains unclear whether the phone Sandland encrypted. However, according to interlocutors CNN, usually the American ambassadors there is no such type of protection on mobile devices. "The conversation of the President with the Ambassador for unencrypted phone, and in public — crazy for today," said former FBI Todd Carroll.
