sounds like they want to put the cat back in the bag and they think it is possible somehow. Maybe it is similar to having a dirty secret between the UK and US governments which is already out in everything but the admission. It is embarassing to the UK that the UK government is paid by the US CIA or whoever to spy on US citizens which is in violation of US law and really also common decency on the part of the UK and US governments.
The NSA obtained all the info that was provided to the Brits. A rogue Brit strained out juicy tidbits relevant to the campaign and kick them back to the DNC that passed them on to Obama........ my version of what I interpret the story to be
Recall if you will the precedent. Enigma was captured and broken down by the brits and we have shared high level stuff for ever since