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E. Engel Letter to Bulatao Demanding State Department Documents on Potential Threats to Yovanovitch's Security Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) [1] (1/15/2020)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0296 and id is 1 raw text is: ELIOT L. ENGEL, NEW YORK MICHAEL T. McCAUL, TEXAS CHARM RANKING REPUBLICAN MEMBER JASON STEINBAUM BRENDAN P. SHIELDS STAFF DIRECTOR REPUBICAN STAFF DIRECTOR One jounbreb 6'ixteentb QCongreog 116 Joue of 3&tpreantatibeg; Committee on foreign Wffairg 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 wwwforeignaffairs .house .gov January 15, 2020 The Honorable Brian J. Bulatao Under Secretary of State for Management U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Under Secretary: I am deeply concerned by recently revealed information indicating that two American citizens, Robert F. Hyde and Lev Parnas, were engaged in efforts to surveil and possibly threaten the safety of the United States Ambassador to Ukraine in at least the spring of 2019. Documents received by the Foreign Affairs Committee show that in late March 2019, Mr. Hyde and Mr. Parnas were exchanging apparently highly sensitive information regarding the whereabouts of and security protocols for U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch via a series of WhatsApp messages. Mr. Hyde claimed in one message to have a person inside, possibly in the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, who is willing to help if we/you would like a price. The strong implication from these messages is that someone with detailed knowledge of the Ambassador's whereabouts and security protocols was providing that information in real time to Mr. Hyde and Mr. Parnas. I cannot overstate the profound security risk that this poses to the U.S. mission and our interests in Ukraine. I appreciate the personal commitment that Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Michael Evanoff provided to my staff on the night this information came to light that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security would open an investigation into this matter immediately and would share relevant investigative information with partners at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I share the Department's deep resolve that the safety and security of our diplomats is of

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