{"id":60397,"date":"2016-12-15T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=60397"},"modified":"2016-12-15T07:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:35:56","slug":"hackgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=60397","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence agencies refused House Intelligence Committee request for report on Russian hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sara Gonzales
\n<\/a>The Blaze<\/p>\n

\"CIA<\/a>

CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen, National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart appear at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on world wide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p><\/div>\n

The House Intelligence Committee had to cancel a briefing set on Capitol Hill for Thursday after their request for more information from the CIA and other intelligence agencies was denied.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the committee U.S. Rep Devin Nunes released a\u00a0statement Wednesday night expressing his disdain for the handling of the request by the intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unacceptable that the Intelligence Community directors would not fulfill the House Intelligence Committee\u2019s request to be briefed tomorrow on the cyber-attacks that occurred during the presidential campaign,\u201d Nunes said. \u201cThe legislative branch is constitutionally vested with oversight responsibility of executive branch agencies, which are obligated to comply with our requests.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also added, \u201cThe Committee is deeply concerned that intransigence in sharing intelligence with Congress can enable the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunes had initially asked for a private closed session on Thursday<\/a> with CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey, and National Intelligence Director James Clapper. He sent a letter to Clapper on Monday explaining the committee wanted further clarification on recent remarks made to members of the media by unnamed CIA officials purporting they had found that the Russian government influenced the election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

In his original request, Nunes brought up\u00a0Clapper\u2019s public testimony from\u00a0November when he asserted that the Intelligence Community lacked the evidence to\u00a0connect the Russian government to the hacked emails or to influencing the election.<\/p>\n

He said he would give the intelligence agencies until Friday to address the inconsistencies in the records, and added, \u201cin particular we want to clarify press reports that the CIA has a new assessment that it has not shared with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the CIA declined the meeting, expressing they were centering the agency\u2019s focus on a full review requested by President Obama. The other agencies did not respond to the committee\u2019s request for a briefing, despite the committee being the most-senior committee with jurisdiction over the matter.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which is responsible for overseeing all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, issued a statement contrasting the representative\u2019s remarks, saying that members of Congress have received \u201cextensive, detailed classified and unclassified briefings \u2026 since last summer\u00a0and have continued to do so after Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLast week, the President ordered a full Intelligence Community review of foreign efforts to influence recent Presidential elections \u2013 from 2008 to present,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOnce the review is complete in the coming weeks, the Intelligence Community stands ready to brief Congress\u2014and will make those findings available to the public consistent with protecting intelligence sources and methods. We will not offer any comment until the review is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunes is also a member of Trump\u2019s presidential transition team, serving on the executive committee to help the new president-elect choose his incoming administration.<\/p>\n

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