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Letter to The Honorable John F. Kerry, Secretary of State - Secretary Clinton's Emails

Letter

Date: Aug. 5, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Technology and Communication Government Operations

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
Office of the Secretary
United States Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Secretary Kerry:

On July 27, 2015, I wrote to you regarding recent notifications by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC OIG) and the Inspector General of the State Department (State OIG) to the FBI, State Department, and several Intelligence Community agencies of a compromise of national security information in connection with Hillary Clinton's use of a non-governmental email server while Secretary of State. Specifically, in a sample of 40 of Secretary Clinton's emails, the IC OIG identified four emails that contain classified information. And on July 31, 2015, the Department of State released approximately 1,300 additional emails from Secretary Clinton and 41 included redactions of classified material.

The IC OIG and State OIG notified my Judiciary Committee staff on July 24, 2015 that Secretary Clinton's personal attorney, David Kendall, was in possession of a thumb drive that contained the previously mentioned classified emails. On August 4, 2015 the Washington Post reported that the State Department allegedly instructed Secretary Clinton's attorneys on "appropriate measures for physically securing" all classified emails.

Accordingly, in furtherance of the Committee's ongoing inquiry into this matter, please produce all records relating to the instructions the State Department provided to Mr. Kendall regarding his obligation to secure the thumb drive and all classified emails in his possession. In addition, the Committee requests a copy of the SF-312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement) signed by Secretary Clinton, Ms. Huma Abedin, and Ms. Cheryl Mills.
Please respond by August 12, 2015. If you have any questions, contact Josh Flynn-Brown of my Committee Staff at (202) 224-5225. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Grassley
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary


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