Robert O’Brien Hits ‘Naïve’ Biden Move to Share Intelligence with China

Former national-security adviser Robert O’Brien said the Biden administration was “a little naïve” to share intelligence about Russian troop movements with the Chinese government ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, considering that Beijing and Moscow are forging an increasingly close alliance. The top Trump adviser’s comments followed a New York Times report last week that the Biden administration described to Chinese officials U.S. intelligence about the Russian troop buildup on Ukraine’s border last fall.

O’Brien made the comments to a group of journalists yesterday before speaking to the Republican Study Committee’s weekly lunch meeting, at the invitation of Representative Jim Banks, the committee’s chairman. Banks credited O’Brien’s work in the Trump administration — including the transfer of Javelin missiles to Ukraine and increasing annual military aid to Ukraine and the Baltic states — with “giving Ukraine the chance that they have now to push back and fight back against Russia.”

Former national-security adviser Robert O’Brien said the Biden administration was “a little naïve” to share intelligence about Russian troop movements with the Chinese government ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, considering that Beijing and Moscow are forging an increasingly close alliance. The top Trump adviser’s comments followed a New York Times report last week that the Biden administration described to Chinese officials U.S. intelligence about the Russian troop buildup on Ukraine’s border last fall.

O’Brien made the comments to a group of journalists yesterday before speaking to the Republican Study Committee’s weekly lunch meeting, at the invitation of Representative Jim Banks, the committee’s chairman. Banks credited O’Brien’s work in the Trump administration — including the transfer of Javelin missiles to Ukraine and increasing annual military aid to Ukraine and the Baltic states — with “giving Ukraine the chance that they have now to push back and fight back against Russia.”