Overview

• The declassified Dec. 22, 2016 email shows James Clapper urging the CIA, NSA, FBI and ODNI to “be on the same page” and accept compressed procedures for the January 2017 assessment.
• Then-NSA Director Mike Rogers warned that his analysts lacked sufficient time and access to underlying intelligence to be fully confident in their findings.
• Tulsi Gabbard says the disclosure confirms that production of the Russia interference report was rushed and influenced from the top levels of the Obama-era intelligence community.
• The Justice Department has formed a special strike force, is vetting Gabbard’s criminal referrals and has requested additional ODNI records, but no new indictments have been announced.
• Intelligence officials caution that further declassifications risk exposing sensitive sources and methods and could reignite partisan disputes over the Russia-interference findings.