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Letter from Schiff to Maguire re: Subpoena Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (9/13/2019)

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                                             September 13, 2019



        The Honorable Joseph Maguire
        Acting Director of National Intelligence
        Office of the Director of National Intelligence
        Washington, D.C. 20511


        Dear Acting Director Maguire:

               No later than September 2, 2019, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
        (Committee) should have received from you, as required by law, an urgent whistleblower
        disclosure involving a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order,
        or deficiency relating to the funding, administration, or operation of an intelligence activity
        within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence involving
        classified information.' More than ten days later, the Committee has not received the disclosure,
        in violation of the law.

               Consistent with his obligations under the Intelligence Community's whistleblower
        statute,2 the Intelligence Community Inspector General's (IC IG) determined that an August
        12, 2019 whistleblower disclosure intended for the congressional intelligence committees from
        an individual within the Intelligence Community satisfied the statutory definition of an urgent
        concern. Based on a preliminary review conducted within the 14-day period provided by law,
        the IC IG also determined that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information
        relating to the urgent concern is credible.3

               On August 26, the IC IG forwarded the disclosure and accompanying materials, along
        with his credibility determination, to you. Pursuant to the statute, this triggered a 7-day period
        within which you, in your capacity as Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI),
        shall...forward such transmittal to the congressional intelligence committees, together with any

        50 U.S.C. §3033(k)(5)(G).
        2 50 U.S.C. §3033(k)(5).

        3 Letter from IC IG Michael Atkinson to Chairman Adam B. Schiff and Ranking Member Devin Nunes, September
        9, 2019.

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