The following article by Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett and SHane Harris was posted on the Washington Post website May 8, 2018:
Last Wednesday, senior FBI and national intelligence officials relayed an urgent message to the White House: Information being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes could endanger a top-secret intelligence source.
Top White House officials, with the assent of President Trump, agreed to back the decision to withhold the information. They were persuaded that turning over Justice Department documents could risk lives by potentially exposing the source, a U.S. citizen who has provided intelligence to the CIA and FBI, according to multiple people familiar with the discussion and the person’s role. Continue reading “Secret intelligence source who aided Mueller probe is at center of latest clash between Nunes and Justice Dept.”