.."the Russians and the Chinese have all this information and as a result of that our spies are having to pull people out of the field because their lives are i

.."the Russians and the Chinese have all this information and as a result of that our spies are having to pull people out of the field because their lives are in danger." If the Russians and Chinese didn't previously know their identities (allegedly via Snowden) by subsequently extracting thespies we are confirming who they were and thus the ability to identify their former networks. Dammned if you, damned if you don't.