former u.s. intelligence officials criticize presence russian photographer capture president trump meet russian foreign minister sergei lavrov oval office wednesday cite potential security breach concern raise photograph meet post tass russian news agency website.the white house however play situation one senior administration official state russian go screen member u.s. press go main gate white house brief room furthermore official claim white house mislead claim russian officials state individual question actually lavrov personal photographer conceal fact also tass employee clear demonstrate screen russian photographer sufficient inform russians official photographer dual-hatted would release photograph state news agency say white house administration official.former deputy cia director david s. cohen one several express concern russian photographer presence cohen take twitter respond online question whether think intelligent decision photographer present event tweet however cohen would elaborate press opinions.other former security officials make unease whole situation public describe potential security threat claim white house security screen foolproof sophisticate espionage devices could miss others note russians plant bug white house manage pull feat first time successful late 1999 listen device eventually trace back russia find white house conference room secretary state madeleine albright conduct meetings.featured image chip somodevilla/getty image russian photographer oval office raise eyebrows security problems