They took the info from the memo and embellished and made it more incriminating! Like they consistently do with any story having to do with the Trump administration.... 
He gave the info to a 'friend' to leak to the Times before providing that same info to the Intel Senate committee that requested those memos.....He wasn't acting in the best interest of the country but rather his OWN best interest!! Pretty obvious where his real loyalty lays, with himeself!!  He deserved to be fired!