{"id":27136,"date":"2020-07-27T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=27136"},"modified":"2020-07-27T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:40:10","slug":"intel-community-returns-final-russia-report-to-senate-committee-after-declassification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=27136","title":{"rendered":"Intel community returns final Russia report to Senate committee after declassification"},"content":{"rendered":"

The intelligence community (IC) recently returned the last volume of the Senate Intelligence Committee\u2019s Russia interference report to the panel after conducting a declassification review, which means the highly-anticipated report could be publicly released in a matter of weeks, The Hill has learned.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) returned the fifth volume of the committee\u2019s Russia report, which focuses on its counterintelligence findings, to the panel last week, according to a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

The panel and ODNI are expected to have a back-and-forth review process over the redactions that were made by the IC, which means it will likely be weeks before the declassified version of the report is released to the public.<\/p>\n

Then-Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen.\u00a0Richard Burr\u00a0(R-N.C.) and Vice Chairman Sen.\u00a0Mark Warner\u00a0(D-Va.) \u2014 the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee who spearheaded the bipartisan investigation \u2014\u00a0sent the report<\/a>\u00a0to ODNI in mid-May and asked Director of National Intelligence\u00a0John Ratcliffe\u00a0to conduct an expeditious declassification review.<\/p>\n

The release of the report will bring to a close the panel\u2019s years-long, deep-diving probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

The Senate panel launched its bipartisan probe in January 2017 and it quickly became one of the most high-profile congressional investigations in recent years. It sought to determine if members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia during the heated presidential race.<\/p>\n

Unlike the House Intelligence Committee\u2019s parallel Russia probe, the Senate panel has been able to work in a largely bipartisan manner and without acrimony. Still, the probe has cast a shadow over the White House and at times has faced attacks from\u00a0President Trump\u00a0and his allies.<\/p>\n

This report will follow four earlier volumes the committee has already released, which focused on U.S. election security, Russia\u2019s disinformation campaign on social media platforms, how the Obama administration responded to Russian interference, and most recently, the January 2017 intelligence community assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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