Letter to Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - King Urges Director of National Intelligence To Provide Election Security Assessments

Letter

Dear Director Coats,

We are writing with regard to the classified reports required by the administration's Executive Order 13848 on foreign election interference in U.S. elections. EO 13848 calls for executive agencies to prepare two reports following a U.S. election -- the first a threat assessment prepared by the Director of National Intelligence and the second a report by the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security.

Your office issued a statement in December announcing that you had submitted the Intelligence Community's report assessing threats to the 2018 midterm elections to the president and appropriate executive agencies. This month, the acting Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security announced they had submitted their joint report evaluating the impact of any foreign interference on election infrastructure or the infrastructure of political organizations during the midterm elections.

While the agencies provided brief unclassified summaries of the reports' findings, the Select Committee on Intelligence has not been provided either report. We request that you provide to all Committee Members and cleared staff both classified reports required by EO 13848 as soon as possible. These reports are necessary for the Committee to meet its mission and charter to conduct vigorous oversight over the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government. We respectfully request a response no later than February 25, 2019, and appreciate your attention to this important matter of national security.

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