Trump admin’s Signal leak shows ‘profound’ risk of uncontrolled communications: former intelligence official

The Trump administration’s Signal chat leak represents the "profound" risk of "uncontrolled communication," which could have implications on future operations, a former national intelligence official said Sunday.

Sue Gordon, the former principal deputy national intelligence director during President Donald Trump’s first term, reacted to the leak during an appearance on CBS’ "Face the Nation."

"I’m glad the operation was successful," Gordon said, referring to the U.S. military strikes on Houthi terrorist targets. "Now we need to deal with the fact that this should not have happened, there is consequence when it does and you can’t be sure that there’s no persistent risk that follows it."

Gordon said that while there have been errors in the past concerning th...