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Top US Intelligence Official Ends In-Person Election Security Briefings for
Congress

Jeff Seldin

   U.S. counterintelligence officials will no longer brief lawmakers on
   threats to the upcoming presidential election in November, telling them
   such in-person briefings have led to leaks of "sensitive intelligence"
   and the politicization of information.

   Officials with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
   (ODNI) verbally informed key lawmakers and congressional committees of
   the change Saturday, saying the intelligence on threats to the November
   3 presidential election would still be provided, just in a different
   form.

   "We are committed to meeting our statutory responsibilities and keeping
   Congress fully and currently informed," an ODNI official told VOA on
   the condition of anonymity.

   "For clarity and to protect sensitive intelligence from unauthorized
   disclosures, we will primarily do that through written finished
   intelligence products," the official said, adding, "We are concerned
   about unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information following
   recent briefings."

   Notice sent to Congress

   Letters with additional justifications for the change were also sent to
   lawmakers Saturday from Director of National Intelligence John
   Ratcliffe.

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