Between the lines: It's also worth taking a deep breath. There are hundreds of officials who could be labeled "senior official in the Trump administration."
IOW, this could be somebody in the know or someone just blowing off steam and giving the tards at the NY Slimes copy that they want to hear. :)
In any case, I am not worried. Trump is winning bigly and the Fake News is creating this nonsense to make it look like HE isn't winning but the "Deep State" is winning.
The media is telling another big lie.
I think like you that it is a minor player but this from a security standpoint is a problem and can’t be tolerated.
So I think it's about the scotus.