Overview

• The review did not overturn the judgment that President Putin waged a covert campaign to help President Trump win the 2016 election.
• Analysts had less than a week to draft the assessment and under two days for formal coordination, the report finds.
• The report criticizes excessive involvement of senior agency heads, uneven access to compartmented intelligence and sidelining of the National Intelligence Council.
• It recommends downgrading the CIA and FBI’s high confidence rating to match the NSA’s moderate confidence assessment of Putin’s intent.
• It faults the inclusion of an unverified summary of the Steele dossier for undermining analytical integrity and calls for broader sourcing, adequate timelines and depoliticized review processes.