Feinstein Corrects Record on CIA Accountability Board Report
Washington—Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released a list of 15 factual errors and omissions in the January 14 CIA Accountability Board report on CIA’s unauthorized access to committee computers.
“The report released by the CIA Accountability Board, which recommended no accountability for wrongdoing by CIA personnel, contains many mistakes and omissions,” Feinstein said.
“The bottom line is that the CIA accessed a Senate Intelligence Committee computer network without authorization, in clear violation of a signed agreement between the committee and former Director Leon Panetta. That access, and the subsequent review of committee staff emails, breaches the constitutional separation of powers between Congress and the executive branch.
“This is a serious matter and has been acknowledged by the CIA inspector general and the CIA Accountability Board. Regardless of the extent of the violation or intent of those involved, someone should be held accountable. Today I am releasing a list of 15 ways the CIA Accountability Board’s report is inaccurate or incomplete in the hope that errors in the report and the public record can be corrected.”
Key errors and omissions in the CIA Accountability Board report
1. The CIA Accountability Board claims there was no “common understanding" between the Committee and the CIA regarding the CIA’s access to the SSCI computer network or how to address potential security concerns. This is false.
FACT: The CIA and the Committee exchanged formal, signed letters in 2009 establishing limits on the CIA’s access to the SSCI computer network and how to address potential security concerns. The January 2014 CIA search was the third unauthorized intrusion we know of into the Committee’s network despite a clear understanding that CIA intrusions were not to occur per our signed written agreements.
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