Compromise

[E]very time this lie was repeated and the misrepresentations were getting more and more specific, as -- as they were coming out.  Every time that happened, it increased the compromise and to state the obvious, you don't want your national security advisor compromised with the Russians.

-- Former acting attorney general Sally Yates, in answer to a question from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, 8 May 2017