Congress nf the United States Washington, AE 20515 May 17,2017 ‘The Honorable Donald J. Trump President ofthe United States ‘The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, We are deeply concerned by reports that, in your meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Ambassador Kislyak, you shared highly classified information reportedly obtained and shared withthe U.S. by Israel. Regardless of whether or not the State of Israel publicly confirms these reports, the underlying issue at hand is that this reckless disclosure has the potential to undermine ‘ur intelligence relations with all of our alles, especially Israel By providing Russia, a known foreign adversary and supporter of hostile state actos, such as Tran and Syria, with code-word intelligence, you may have given them insight into the sources, capabilities, and methods of Israeli intelligence collection, Based on Russia's close relationship ‘with Iran, itis even more concerning that this kind of sensitive intelligence could make its way into the hands of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, which both openly seek Israel's destruction, Israel isan indispensable ally of the U.S. with whom we enjoy mutualy-beneficial military, intelligence, and economic cooperation, Jeopardizing our intelligence sharing with Israel endangers four own national security and the security of Israel. Recent reports that your actions may have placed an Israel intelligence agent's lle at risk are extremely disturbing. Furthermore, today’s revelation may not only make it harder for our key allies, such a Israel, to continue collaborating and sharing intelligence with us in the future, but it may also weaken our ‘relationship and intelligence sharing capabilities with allies who may now consider us to be an ‘untrustworthy partner and an impediment in the global fight against terrorism, In light of your actions, we implore you to use your upcoming trp to Israel to reinforce the US.- Israel intelligence sharing relationship and assure our allies thatthe US will remain a trusted telligence partner. In addition, Congress must receive a full immediate briefing on what transpired between you and Russian officials last week regarding intelligence received from lara. ‘The role ofthe Commander in Chief is one that must be taken seriously. This isan incredible responsibility —one that should never result in compromising our most sensitive and highly classified information, especially to a foreign adversary, and at the expense of one of ou closest allies. Sincerely, Tacky Roser ———Ted Deutch Br Member of Congrsss Member of Congress ie} Menber of CongressLofgren? Marcy ae pe a bg a eat pl me. ee Lois Frankel oe ‘Schakowsky hfe a fembep of CongressAe a Tin Ryan ‘Hakeem Jfffries Menor of Conges Mmber of Congess Dude he iw Ted W. Xin DonBeyer > Teitica Menibet of Congiess Meniber of Compress t=. ‘Adiiano Espaillat Member of Congress lie M. Veléequre. ‘Member of Congress avrg, Deemeng? “errold Nadler Member of Cengress Member of Congress Ruben J. Kihuen ae K ie se Member of Congress ‘Member of Congress Tom 0! Tom O'Hallerin Member of CengressGrijalva ‘Member of Congress ith oars “Member of Congress io Sires A Meteo Congres aha Ven, mestbol ‘Alan Lowenthal Member of Congress tie Chen “Member of Congress Thaben Gallego “Member of Congress