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(DO) (FBI) Subject: Fwd: Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin ' back w ith a vengeance,' drugs a national security threat? - Foxnews.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Chuck l@gmail.com> Date: Friday, September 4, 2015 Subject: Fwd: Excl usive: DEA chief says heroin ' back with a vengeance,' drugs a national secu rity threat - Foxnews.com To: b6 -1 I b6 Per DEA Begin forwarded message: From: " Rosenberg, Chuck" Date: September 4, 2015 at 19:00:13 EDT To: Chuck Rosenberg ! @gmai l.com > Subject: Fwd: Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin 'back with a vengeance,' drugs a national security threat - Foxnews.com b6 Per DEA -------- Original Message -------Subject: Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin 'back with a vengeance,' drugs a national security t hreat - Foxnews.com From: "Owen, Gary R." ~ lpdea.usdoj.gov> Date: Sep 4, 2015, 18:55 To: " Rosenberg, Ch uck" ,"Riley, John J." b6 Per DEA FYI http://www.foxnews.com/pol itics/2015/09/04/excl us ive-dea -chief -says- heroin - back-withvengeance-drugs-national -security/ Exclusive: DEA chief says heroi n ' back with a vengeance,' drugs a national security threat Now Playing FBI 18-cv-1800-64 Heroin deaths nearly quadrupled from 2002-2013 "Not much of a gambler," Chuck Rosenberg says about himself, a tad sheepishly. Indeed, in the seven deadly sins department, the new chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration is something of a zero: He's never smoked marijuana, doesn't drink alcohol, and lists as his only vice an excessive intake of Diet Dr. Pepper. Such abstemiousness may be a prized attribute in the head of the lead agency in the War on Drugs, which kicked off with the founding of DEA, under a measure signed by President Nixon, in July 1973. From his office headquarters in Northern Virginia, Rosenberg oversees nearly 5,000 federal agents in 220 U.S. cities and nearly 90 other locales around the world. These are some of America's toughest and bravest uniformed - and undercover - officers, men and women who risk their lives to take down the most ruthless and heavily-armed narco-trafficking cartels. The irony for the mild-mannered, bespectacled Rosenberg, a career federal prosecutor and former FBI official, is that someone so averse to gambling now spends his days grappling with the very thing gamblers court most assiduously. "We incur a lot of risk in our operations: legal risk, personal risk, all sorts of risk," the DEA chief said at his agency's headquarters. " And managing that risk in a smart way - figuring out where we ought to be and what we ought to be doing, prioritizing our work without stepping on the creativity and the passion of the men and women in the field - that's a challenge." Foremost on Rosenberg's agenda - the issue that every one of his 21 special agents in charge, fanned out across the country, cite as the number one problem in their respective jurisdictions - is the surge in heroin use in the United States over the past few years. The Centers for Disease Control reports that heroin usage or dependency surged by nearly 150 percent between 2007 and 2013, and that casualty rates from the drug nearly doubled in the last two years of that span. "It's back, and it's back with a vengeance," Rosenberg told Fox News in his first TV interview since taking the reins of the agency in May. "There's an enormous supply of heroin; it's cheap. In fact, it's a lot cheaper than prescription pills. If you take oxycodone and hydrocodone for a football injury and you get hooked, you're going to pay a dollar a milligram on the street for a pill - thirty milligrams, thirty dollars, give or take. Heroin is probably one-fifth the price, and because it has a similar chemical effect, a similar pharmacological reaction, folks make that t ransition." Asked if he sees substance abuse as a national security threat, Rosenberg at first demurred, seeking the reporter's definition of a threat to national security. Encouraged to employ his own, Rosenberg replied: "Potentially. This is a multi -billion dollar industry. What are the bad guys doing with the money that Americans are paying for drugs? What's it funding overseas? I'm sure some of it's going to terrorist organizations; we've seen that. And so that worries me quite a bit." U.S. officials note that drug overdoses claim the lives of approximately 44,000 Americans each year - more than firearms or car accidents - and that half of those deaths are attributable to prescription pills. Asked if legal or illegal drugs pose the greater threat, Rosenberg said "both dimensions" are creating major problems for law enforcement and FBI 18-cv-1800-65 society in general. The acting administrator would not say outright that legal drugs are over-prescribed, but he hinted at his harboring such views, saying: " I'm not a doctor but I do know this ... We're about 5 percent of the world's population. We use about 95 percent of the world' s hydrocodone. So draw your own conclusion." The recent decriminalization of marijuana usage in selected jurisdictions across the United States - Colorado and Washington state, most notably - has created a conflict between local law enforcement, sworn to uphold local laws, and federal law enforcement officers, for whom the federal statutes outlawing marijuana remain very much in effect. " I've been very clear to my special agents in charge: If you have a big marijuana case, if that in your jurisdiction is one of your biggest problems, then bring it," Rosenberg said. With new ballot measures on marijuana cropping up in almost every election cycle, and decriminalization appearing to be gaining broader support, Fox News asked Rosenberg about the continued inclusion of the drug in the federal government' s harshest category of narcotics: ROSEN: Two of the last three presidents of the United States have acknowledged having used marijuana. Bill Clinton famously said that he didn't inhale. Barack Obama has written fairly extensively about his marijuana use, has been photographed with marijuana; and others have explicated on that subject even further. Isn't that itself - the fact that here we have two men who used marijuana, in varying degrees, and who then went on to become president of the United States - a kind of a prima facieargument that it is time to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act? ROSENBERG: Yeah, I don't think so. ROSEN: Why not? ROSENBERG: Marijuana is dangerous. It certainly is not as dangerous as other Schedule I controlled substances; it's not as dangerous as heroin, clearly, but it's still dangerous. It's not good for you. I wouldn 't want my children smoking it. I wouldn't recommend that anyone do it. So I don't frankly see a reason to remove it. We, by the way, support, and have supported, a lot of legitimate research on marijuana, fully behind that; I think it 's great. If we come up with a medical use for it, that would be wonderful. But we haven't. When the questioning took a slightly different tack, he stood firm: ROSEN: I' ve never seen two guys get thrown out of a bar because they started fist-fighting after smoking a joint. All right? But we' ve seen [that] every Friday and every Saturday night brings just such occasions as a result of the legal distribution of alcohol. Isn't there some common -sense disparity, or irony, or disconnect in that? ROSENBERG: Probably, yeah. Right? So I don' t know that you' re arguing that they' re both good; you may be arguing t hat they' re both bad. As I said earlier, marijuana is less dangerous - clearly less dangerous - than heroin. It' s easy to draw that line. But I'm not willing to say that it's good for you, or that it ought to be legalized. I think it ' s bad for you and that it ought to remain illegal. FBI 18-cv-1800-66 ROSEN : From t hat answer, one might infer that you think alcohol should also be illegal. ROSENBERG: No, I'm not going to say that. We - we tangled with that as a society in the 1930s. And we know how that went. That's the law of the land; I get it. I choose not to drink alcohol but I'm not going to impose that on anyone else. Since Mexico is a primary point of origin for illegal drugs consumed in the United States, including heroin, our neighbor to the south exercises an outsized claim on the attention of the DEA administrator. The brazen escape from a Mexican prison in July of the Sinaloa cartel druglord Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman, also known as " El Cha po" - one of the world's most ruth less and dangerous criminal kingpins, now at large - underscored the challenges for U.S. law enforcement in collaborating with a nation-state where official corruption is so 11 widespread. Not that I can share with you," Rosenberg answered when pressed on whether U.S. authorities have any better idea of El Guapo's location today than the day after his escape. Asked if there is a single sector of the Mexican state apparatus that is free of corruption, Rosenberg answered: " I don't know. I would hope so." Later, he cited the Mexican agents II who work with DEA task forces and called them good and trusted allies," their very existence evidence that " pockets" of integrity in the Mexican system exist. With his cautious demeanor, Rosenberg shrewdly steers away from any question that smacks, or even faintly reeks, of controversy. Though he is perhaps in a better position than any other U.S. official to corroborate or refute the charge, he will not comment on Donald Trump' s recent assertion that the Mexican government is deliberately sending rapists and gang members across the U.S. border. Nor will Rosenberg say whether a "spiritual deficit" is partly to blame for the skyrocketing rates of heroin dependency. And he will not answer questions about his role in an epic controversy of the Bush -Cheney era: when an internal clash over reauthorization of a surveillance program critical to the War on Terror, in March 2004, nearly triggered mass resignations at the Department of Justice. " Happy to talk about the Washington Nationals and their diminishing chances of making the playoffs this year," he'll say instead, with a sly smile. Controversy, it turns out, is not one of the risks the DEA chief is willing to manage. James Rosen joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in 1999. He currently serves as the chief Washington correspondent and hosts the online show "The Foxhole." Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin ' back with a vengeance,' drugs a national security threat I Fox News http://www.foxnews. com/politics/2015/09/04/excl usive-dea -chief -says-heroin- back-withvengeance- drugs-national-security/ Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. FBI 18-cv-1800-67 b6 -1 From: Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 8:56 PM To: Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) Subject: Re: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduction summit And only went because they asked. That may explain why DEA didn't speak. On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) wrote: Agree. I just said the same to Rich and asked him to push DOJ on why they didn't say it was off the record. I may raise with ODAG as well. -------- Original message -------From: I b6 -1 Date: 10/07/2015 8:53 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) " Subject: Re: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduct ion summit The quote is fine but this really pisses me off. When DOJ says an event is closed press, how is that possible? Bunch of amateurs. On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) wrote: -------- Origi nal message -------From: " Quinn, Richard P. (DO) (FBl)"I Date: 10/07/2015 8:16 PM (GMT-05... :0-. 0)_ _ _ _ _ _ __. To: "Kortan, Michael P. (DO) (FBI)" < Michael.Kortan@ic.fbi.gov>, "Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI)" Subject: Fwd: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduction summit b6 -1 Mike/Jim, Just FYl...quite frankly, the Director is right but it may be twisted by some mischief makers anyway. Nothing we can't handle... FBI 18-cv-1800-76 Thanks, Rich Richard P. Quinn Federal Bureau of investigation I Ii~:) b6 -1 -------- Origi nal message -------From: " Rodenbush, Patrick (OPA)" < Pat rick.Rodenbush@usdoj.gov> Date: 10/07/2015 8:11 PM (GMT-.... 05_:0 _0..._)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...., To: "Quinn, Richard P. (DO) (FBl)"I l(DO) (FBI)" I I b6 -1 Cc: "Newman, M elanie (OPA) (JMD)" Subject: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduction summit Rich andc : J Unfortunately, a Washington Post metro reporter was in the room for part of the closed press session during today's violence reduction summit. He apparently walked in with Mayor Bowser and just sat in the back of the room. He is planning to report some of what he heard during this time, including a quote from Director Corney about the lack of statistics on police interactions. My understanding is the Director said something to the effect of "It's embarrassing that we have less data on police interactions than the CDC has on flu cases." Sorry about this. Please let us know if you have any questions. FBI 18-cv-1800-77 b6 -1 From: Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 9:24 PM To: Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) Subject: Re: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduction summit This is my fina l summit. I have reached the summit, if you w ill. On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) wrote: -------- Or iginal message -------From: "Werner, Sharon (OAG)" Date: 10/07/2015 9:18 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI)" Cc: "Axelrod, Matthew (ODAG) (JMD)" Subject: Re: Flagging Director quote in Wash Post article on violence reduction summit Agreed, it's not good at all. Melanie tried to kill it - or at least portions of the story - but to no avail. They're working on any damage control that might be needed. On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) Date: Sunday, October 18, 2015 Subject: Speech To: .... I ______________. b6 Per DEA b6 -1 P. 16: Sorry. Not so much a NIBRS issue as it is a related data collection issue. But I still believe Summer of the Shark explains the dilemma and works well here. Is the number of lethal force incidents up, down, or sideways? Just ified or not, we have no idea. Why? We have no baseline and no reliable data. Begin forwarded message: 1 I __________________. From: Chuck Rosenberg @gmai l.com> Date: October 18, 2015 at 19:43:03 EDT To: .... Subject: Speech b6 Per DEA b6 -1 Fantastic. Truly excellent. Minor points: p. 14: Not synthetic marijuana. It is called synthetic cannabinoids or just synthetics. The marijuana term is highly misleading and a misnomer. Experts will balk at that term. The synthetics have nothing in common with marij uana. p. 16: A small number of young black men are shot by cops. Don't overstate your very strong argument by ignoring a very small number, thereby giving your critics an angle of attack. This is why we need to go to NIBRS. Summer of the Shark point. FBI 18-cv-1800-80 From: Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 1:43 PM To: Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Invitation to a reception to celebrate Poland's Constitution Day- May 20, 7:30 p.m., Residence of the Ambassador of Poland b6 -1 Did we get invited to Constitution Day? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:.,,!,---,-----,,,.....,...,..,...,,...-....,,....,...,....,,..,-----------' Date: Thu, May 5, 2016 at 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Invitation to a reception to celebrate Poland's Constitution Day - May 20, 7:30 p.m., Residence of the Ambassador of Poland To:I ~gmail.com> b6 Per DEA Must have gotten lost in mail. On May 5, 2016 7:05 PM, "Chuck Rosenberg" I doubt they will invite you. i.______.,.EQ.gmail.com> wrote: b6 Per DEA Begin forwarded message: From: "Rosenberg, Chuck" Date: May 5, 2016 at 18:55:12 EDT To: Rosenberg Chuck! lg)grnail.com> Subject: Fwd: Invitation to a reception to celebrate Poland's Constitution Day - May 20, 7:30 p.m., Residence of the Ambassador of Poland b6 Per DEA Begin forwarded message: From: Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington > Date: May 5, 2016 at 18:53:48 EDT To: "ch uck.rosenberg@usdoj.gov< ma ilto :chuck. rosenberg@usdo j .gov>" > Subject: Invitation to a reception to celebrate Poland's Constitution Day - May 20, 7:30 p.m., Residence of t he Ambassador of Poland Dear Mr. Rosenberg, The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland and Mrs. Schnepf have the pleasure to invite you to a reception to celebrate Poland's Constitution Day. The reception will be held at the Residence of the Ambassador of Poland (3041 Whitehaven Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) on Friday, May 20th 2016, at 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP by May 18th to washingtcn.arnb@rnsz.gov.pl (or by replying to this email). This invitation is non-transferable and please present it at the garden entrance. [cid:image001.jpg@01D1A6FE.67F52C80] Sincerely, Embassy of Poland in Washington DC FBI 18-cv-1800-307 Ambassador's Office 2640 16th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20009 Tel: +1202 499 1704 it'l'tti~~t th~~ he;'it{}{)tl t?..~~f1~-:~1-::.)~~l~.:_f ~~~ t~~i:i.,j)t~lk~~\~v~i} -"f~"i12t?-J,4=$:~~1~;,{1.•.f .. . . r-~~}i~tf~ tvfti~f.t~~'jifr:.·u:,~'f>;;siln~?-~~¼)~-·-~~~t: ADM! "?<~--..BOE:IND . __,y~.:.-:-,,..5',..,,,..":-,,--:-"':-"''''.• ·· ·~-:.: ~ : ::::.::::::::::::::~,,,~~~'5,,,"\.~~"''~':-..'-.'\,.~,,~,,,_'-'.':..:,":-.-. . ANIMEX. Smith.field ING LOT FBI 18-cv-1800-308 Rybicki, James E. From: Rybicki, James E. 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(DO) (OGA) Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 4:08 PM To: Subject: I I b6 -1 FW: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES NEW ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION -----Original Message----From: USDOJ-Office of Public Affai rs (SMO) [Ex_PAOMailbox@jmd.usdoj.gov] Received: Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 3:39PM To: USDOJ -Office of Public Affairs (SMO) [Ex_PAOMailbox@jmd.usdoj.gov] Subject: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES NEW ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION [cid :image001.png@01D08D93.0533BC90][cid:image002.png@01D08D93.0533BC90] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 (202) 514-2007 WWW.JUSTICE.GOV TTY (866) 544-5309 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES NEW ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the appointment of Chuck Rosenberg to serve as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). "Throughout his distinguished career in law enforcement and public service, Chuck has earned the trust and the praise of his colleagues at every level," said Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch. "He has proven himself as an exceptiona l leader, a skilled problem-solver, and a consummate public servant of unshakeable integrity. And he has demonstrated, time and again, his deep and unwavering commitment not only to the women and men who secure our nation, but to the fundamental values that animate their service. As Acting Administrator of the DEA, Chuck will play a vital role in the work of this Administration and this Department of Justice to pursue American priorities, protect American interests, and safeguard our way of life. I can think of no better individual to lead this storied agency, and I have no doubt that his tenure will be defined by the same commitment to honor and excellence that has guided him throughout his distinguished career. I congratulate him once again on this well deserved appointment, and look forward to all that he will achieve in the days ahead." A veteran of the Justice Department, Rosenberg currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Director of the FBI. In this role, he works closely w ith Di rector James 8. Corney and other senior FBI officials on counterterrorism, intelligence, cyber and criminal investigative issues, including with international, federal, state and local law enforcement partners. He also works closely with Director Corney on management, policy and personnel issues. "Chuck Rosenberg is one of the finest people and public servants I have ever known," said Director Corney. " His judgment, intelligence, humility, and passion for the mission will be sorely missed at FBI. I congratulate our friends at the Drug Enforcement Administration. This is good for the entire FBI 18-cv-1800-615 Department of Justice and the country." Rosenberg was presidentially appointed and confirmed as the U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia, from 2006 through 2008, and appointed by the Attorney General to serve as the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Texas, from 2005 through 2006. Rosenberg was hired out of law school through the Attorney General's Honors Program and has served in numerous positions throughout the Department of Justice, including Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General from 2004 through 2005, Counselor to the Attorney General from 2003 through 2004, Counsel to the Director of the FBI from 2002 through 2003, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1994 through 2000, and a Trial Attorney for the Tax Division's Criminal Enforcement Section from 1990 through 1994. Rosenberg has also spent time working in private practice as Counsel at Hunton and Williams, from 2000 through 2002, and as a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP (2008-2013). During his years as a federal prosecutor, Rosenberg conducted grand jury investigations and has been the lead trial lawyer in many federal prosecutions involving espionage, kidnapping, murder, crimes against ch ildren and complex financial fraud cases. Rosenberg received his B.A. from Tufts University, his M.P.P. from Harvard University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia. Rosenberg will assume the role of Acting Administrator on May 18, 2015. He will replace Administrator Michele Leonhart, who previously announced her retirement. "Michele has devoted her professional career to the security of our nation and the protection of the American people," said Attorney General Lynch. " I want to thank her for her 35 years of service to the DEA, to the Department of Justice and to the country, and I wish her well as she emba rks on a new chapter in her already extraordinary life. " ### 15-606 DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE USE THE CONTACTS IN THE MESSAGE OR CALL THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT 202-514-2007. FBI 18-cv-1800-616 Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) From: Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI) Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 6:45 PM To: I I b6 -1 Subject: Fwd: HPSCI roundtable Attachments: CHM ltr to Dir. Clapper re CTIIC 25 Sep 15.pdf _________ -------- Original message -------___, From: "Kelly, Stephen D. (DO) (FBI)',__ Date: 09/26/2015 6:42 PM (GMT-05:00) To: " Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI)" , "Giuliano, Mark F. (DO) (FBI)" Cc: " Beers, Elizabeth R. (DO) (FBI )" b6 -1 Subject: Fwd: HPSCI roundtable FYSA. Chairman Nunes sent t his letter to the DNI regarding CTIIC. The letter essentially de ies a reprogramming request to fund the CTIIC. We can discuss further at the prep session on Monday morning. Stephen -------- Original message -------From:! !(DO) (FBl)'1.__ _ _ _ _ _ ____, Date: 09/25/201517:36 (GMT-05:00) To: " Kelly, Stephen D. (DO) (FBI)" .... "Beers, Elizabeth R. (DO) (FBI)" Subject: HPSCI roundtable !----'-----------.! b6 - 1 In light of the request by others to have Director Corney speak t o Chairman Nunes in support of CTIIC, attached find a letter Chairman Nunes sent to DNI Clapper today re : Nunes position on the CTIIC From:! !(DO) {FBI) Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 5:33 PM To: Good, Donald J, (Q'D) (FBI)Ji.-_ _ _ _.... l{..., FD) (FBI) Cc: j FD) {FBI>;l kFD) {FBI)J !(CYD) {FBI); Buie, Emmerson (CYD) {FBI); Kelly, Stephen D. (DO) (FBI); ! !(DO) {FBI); Beers, Elizabeth R. (DO) {FBI) Subject: RE: CTIIC letter I b6 -1 FBI 18-cv-1800-644 HPSCI Chairman Nunes letter to DNI re: CTIIC and their position. From: Good, Donald J. (CYD) (FBI) Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 3:20 PM !coo) (FBI) b6 -1 To:I t FD) (FBI)1 Cc: j ( FD) (FBI)1-----..i.:.....!(FD) (FBI); ... 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Chtpper DiR->:etN i:)fNational Intdligence Washington, ,. - DC 205 I 1 Dear Diret:tor Clapper: Eaditr this year, the Cmnmitke led the C()i1grcssiom1l effbrt t() propose and. pass l.cgishition to crc~1te the Cyber Threat Intelligence Intcgratioti Center (CTIIC), The Committee's support \Vas predkat~d on the CTHC"s "guiding prindples" as la.id out in the ~,farch: DNI CTHC Overvievv doclutient: "::.c,rpe S:TnaW' by adopti.ng a scnled. d(n-v11 version t)fthe: Natiomil Cmmtcrt\~-rroris.rn Ci~nter (NCTC) org.~nizatkmal model; not "dnpl.kate exi~ting .iuthorities nt' fi.111ctionl\ and <•go sl.n\V" in executing the plan, The proposed plan for CTlIC fails to me.et all three of these guiding principles, und if fails to comply ·w:ith H()tIBe~passed leg.islatiorL The DNl fils() hns yet t() provide theC\munittee •,.vith inJbnnution requested ahm1t the statw;.of the CTIIC n.iprogrnmr.ning under a continuing resoluti(.)n, more streamlined staffing options. and a detailed explamition nf 'Nhy the DNrs Uhe1ty Crossing (LX) Jfoadquarters complex is nflt a suitable hcation f'hr CTH C. Thcrd()rc, the CNttmittee sustaiits its ol~ectkm to reprogr{un fi.:mds for the CTUC;s new start J'vforcovcr. given the importance of cybcrsccurity and the \.Veakiwsses of recent hastily Cl)i1ceived proposafa, the Cmnmittee believes the CTIIC should be authl}rrzi..~d by Congress through the legislative proc~s prior to any execution. AH CTUC proposals to date have ins.i:.;te DNl cyber center that duplitates the rc.\<;pm.isibiHties of existing DNI o-tganiza.tions such as, the: NatiQ11a! Intdfigencc \tanager forC:yber (NI~.:1/Cyber)-and. Nnfamal Intelligence Officer fi.1r Cyb0r (NlO/Cyber), To maintain 1..mity()fc.ommand and to ab~-0.rb ex.isting ,:yber-mlakd stMf rt$Qt1tces, the Cm.mnittee bdi¢ves CHIC shnuld t{)fo.:)w the NCTC nit)dd of having tht~ NUvUCyhcr be dual-hatkd n:s the Director ofCTllC. Likewise, to av()id dupHcaticin and encourage coHabt)rtlfam in analysis i:111d plarmingi the Omunittee h,!lieves the NlM/Cyber a:nd NlO/Cyber ar1d .d1eir statls shoµld be pa..tt 1,fthe CTttC Tht~~yntht~is of I.C c)iber threat repqrting at the CTIK' .should supp0tt the Nl.M and CIO strategic .rnissio11s, atJd UNCLASSIFIED FBI 18-cv-1800-646 lJNCl.ASSff!ED Despite the (\m:imitte-e s consistent d.irettkm to establish CTIIC using existing fl$t.mrces~ the DNI has :insisted on maintHining three separate DNl cyber detnents at three separate l()cat:imts, The prop-oscd three DNI cybcr organizations \Votdd b,~ geogtaphicaUy iS()fate(l fr1:Jm each other an.d exbting lC (1rgai1izatio1is, The DNI propt)stlf \vould als-0 require co,1struction ofm!\..V ,~omn1.tmicatfrms. infrastn.icture for a stand•ilone CTIIC oper.-ations center.. The lC has multiple t!~tab!isht~d, well-equipped and ntulti,lgency-staffo,d 24-hour tiperatfrms centers: Sever-al of these ecntcrs could host-.-or cxec.utt.~--CTJJC•s proposed operations center fi.mclion. The current DNT pn1posal \\\)Utd. scpimnc CTIIC fh.mt existing IC experts \\-'ho could suppor.t CTl!C's miss.i<)n~ and v-tould 'I.Vaste tax di:Jllan., <.)Jl expensive m:·w c(mmmni~ations infrastrnct.urc•instead (,)f utiJizing t.\xisth1.g sy~tems, Given the nJbust investrnent already made a:r()tmd. the DC metro area, the Committee helievt•s the American 11.rxpiryt:.rs shmdd rn:)t have to pay fbr another lC ()J)erations c.cnter, Locating CTIIC at the DNI LX Headquarters complex <.)ffors significant (rper.ational advantagt~. NCTC has a state-of-the ,,rt operations center at. LX, and given the gro\ving terrorist 11se <)f the Intentet, NCTC c.ould bcxiefit from the additi<)n <.)f the two proposed CTUC 24/7 cybcr watch Qfficei' po1itlons, An LX hx:ation \vould pface CHIC in the sa.me c:o.mpkx as the cxistin__g NUVf/Cyhe.r st.an: as ,;ve!l as NCTC terrorism .amtlysh~ regional Nl(h, ;1nd DN] Leaders responsibk for the Presidential Daily Brief This operatfons center alrt~tdy has secure video conforendng and other con1municatfons, spare Wl..)rk stations. r6bust intelligence feeds, tmd estabtished ri:)utine ties to other IC itg.en.cfos, The Committee rer.nains committed to improving JC shari1tg of cyber threal infi.mnation. \'l/e look .forw~mi tv working ,vith you t() find a plan we can <'H-!-thorize, consistcent '1.-Vith the Uouse•passed Prolcctin.g Cyber Networks Act, the Fiscal Year 20 l 6 1:ntdHgence /\uthorization Act, andoui' numerous subsequent discussions, / # . UNCLASSIFIED FBI 18-cv-1800-647 Frc.rri:$¢nt~ To: ~.\~h,itkh J~un-~f E> (PQJ ( FBJJ _Sucrt~~Y~ _Dec~mo-~(06, .2Q15 !?=Ga PM I I -- . b6 -1 . S4~j~t: F~\•d;Sp~ech, Ph~yie'.l\f Attach:rnentst 12{5_t6~Adcli.es:s to the tlation_4pm.docx: '".:-~-~--..~:i~~na_Lm~ssage ~"'~~;- t " _ _ __ _< _. __ • __ From: · ~mhanq, ~•rark: F {DOJ 1flM <;mfg.dd@n::;fiji.gov> Date~ 12/o.6/2015 5:S~f p·M'(Grv.rr~:os,rio} To: "'j~mes .B. Corney'i, "/'St~i.n bacb, fi.1ichael -tt_{CTD} (FB{J" -.r -_. V'. .... . .,,..,,. ~·-- ·• ""l!. )-.'"'...,.. ,....,___.,.. ,,r..-_ -.,.,_-,__.,.-- - - - - - - - - " " " " FBI 18-cv-1800-693 u:are: 1.L/C!D/.lUT~ ~:1.1 t'l'sll -~bWl i-u:::i:uur . . . Tq: RQB~HDS4 :, 'it(~~o., .¾lkhae! P~ (po} {FBlf' ~Ml~ha~Ll Ct:; Bonnie·LSharp ~bbtmi~is@i-idc:gov; . . . . . . . Subje,ct: RE:Speech Fievlew AH,. ~leasf f~~t ·t-re:e to.p;;i~.s th1s Date: 05/31/201610:00 PM (GM T-05:00) To: " Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBI)" Subject: Fwd: statement Begin forwarded message: From: "Conley, Danielle (ODAG)" > Subject: Fwd: statement Begin forwarded message: From: "Gupta, Vanita (CRT)"