US. Department of Justice

 

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

Washington, DC. 20535?000!

June 22, 2018

The Honorable Devin Nunes

Chairman

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairman Nunes:

This letter provides an update in response to the Committee?s written and oral requests
for information from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). As described below, the FBI believes that it has substantially complied with a majority of
the Committee?s requests, and is actively working to identify and produce additional materials on
a rolling basis to ful?ll the Committee?s remaining request under the purview.

As you are aware, on June 15, 2013, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and FBI
Director Wray attended a meeting with Speaker Ryan, Chairmen Nunes, Goodlatte, and Gowdy,
and a limited number of staff. That meeting concerned information requested by the Committee,
including in letters dated March 23 and April 4, 2018, and the Committee?s August 24, 201?,
subpoena. At the meeting, the Committee identi?ed four items as outstanding requests, and
added a ?fth item. The ?rst item related to questions about the use of Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities, and was agreed upon by all meeting participants to have
been substantially complied with based upon document reviews facilitated by 

The FBI believes it has now complied with three additional items identi?ed by the
Committee:

1. On June 20, 2018, the ?Woods ?le? was made available for in. camera review and
Committee staff have reviewed the ?le.

2. An unredacted copy of the current FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide
(D100) is now available for in camera review in a secure reading room. The FBI has
offered to provide a brie?ng on the section(s) of the D106 related to PISA veri?cation
procedures, which the Committee has articulated to be of ongoing interest.

3. On June 22, 2013, the FBI submitted a classi?ed letter to the Committee responding to
the Chairman?s question regarding whether, in connection with the investigation into
Russian activities surrounding the 2016 Presidential electiOn, the FBI utilized
con?dential human sources prior to the issuance of the Electronic Communication (EC)
initiating that investigation.

The Honorable Devin Nunes
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Accordingly, only the request for FBI documents pertaining to eight (3) potential
custodians and relating to Christopher Steele, the ?Steele dossier,? and certain FISA applications
remains outstanding. The FBI has developed appropriate search terms and date parameters, and
is actively searching for and processing responsive materials from two (2) enclaves, Secret and
Top Secret. The FBI has built-in search tools on its Secret-level system, but it does not have
those tools on its Secret-level system. The initial estimated volume of Top Secret emails
collected in response to your request for these materials, combined with two requests from
Chairmen Goodlatte and Gowdy that required collection of Top Secret communications, is
between 50,000 and 65,000 emails. This represents the volume of emails contained in the
relevant custodians? accounts, without application of search terms. In recognition of the need to
produce any responsive material as quickly as possible, the Science and Technology
Branch has built and deployed a tool to allow for faster searches within the Top Secret enclave.
Once search parameters are applied, this initial estimate is likely to decrease signi?cantly. To
accomplish this production, the FBI has shifted resources from other Congressional production
projects and is adding staff to further expedite the review and processing. FBI staff will be
working throughout the weekend to keep the production moving forward. To the extent that the
Committee can further prioritize its requests, the FBI would appreciate the opportunity to engage
in a dialogue.

Finally, regarding the Committee?s request for transcripts or summaries of conversations
between con?dential human source(s) and Trump campaign of?cials, the FBI understands that
this request has been referred to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for a response.

The FBI is committed to expeditiously completing production of the requested materials,
and looks forward to continuing to work with the Committee.

Sincerely,


.I ill C. Tyson
Acting Assistant Director
Of?ce of Congressional Affairs

cc: The Honorable Adam Schiff
Ranking Member

The Honorable Paul D. Ryan
Speaker, US. House of Representatives