White House: CNN Report on Spy’s Extraction Potentially Put Lives ‘In Danger’

In this file photo a man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal in the lobby of the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The White House said CNN’s report about the extraction of a Russian spy potentially put lives in danger while challenging the premise of the report itself.

“CNN’s reporting is not only incorrect, it has the potential to put lives in danger,” Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.