Senate memo regarding mishandling of highly classified information and operation of a non-government server for official business by Secretary Clinton and her associates.Also contains summary of the majority's questioning and the respective answers provided by each interviewee.
参议院备忘录，关于国务卿克林顿及其助手错误处理高度机密信息和操作非政府公务服务器的问题。还包含大多数问题的摘要和每个被访谈者各自提供的答案
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Below is the text of the Senate memo:以下是参议院备忘录的内容:
To:Senator Grassley,Chairman,Finance Committee
致:格拉斯利参议员，财政委员会主席
Senior Member,Judiciary Committee
司法机构委员会高级委员
Senator Johnson,Chairman,Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
约翰逊参议员，国土安全和政府事务委员会主席
From:Majority Staff,Finance Committee
发贴人:财务委员会大多数职员
Majority Staff,Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
国土安全和政府事务委员会
Date:August 14,2019
日期:二○一九年八月十四日
Re:Investigation of the DOJ's and FBI's Handling of the Clinton Investigation
回应:调查美国司法部和联邦调查局对克林顿调查的处理
Dear Chairman Grassley and Chairman Johnson:
尊敬的格拉斯利主席和约翰逊主席:
We write to provide you with information that we developed as part of your investigation into the mishandling of highly classified information and operation of a non-government server for official business by Secretary Clinton and her associates.Statements made in a joint bipartisan staff interview by intelligence community officials involved in the classification review raise particular concerns that senior State Department officials sought to downgrade classified material found on the server.
我们写此信是为了向你提供信息，这些信息是作为你们调查克林顿国务卿及其同事错误处理高度机密信息和操作非政府公务服务器的一部分而编制的。参与机密审查的情报部门官员在两党工作人员联合采访中发表的声明，引发了特别的关切，即国务院高级官员试图降低在服务器上发现的机密材料的等级。
Your investigation began in March 2015 with an initial focus on whether State Department officials were aware of Secretary Clinton's private server and the associated national security risks,as well as whether State Department officials attempted to downgrade classified material within emails found on that server.For example,in August 2015,Senator Grassley wrote to the State Department about reports that State Department FOIA specialists believed some of Secretary Clinton's emails should be subject to the(b)(1),"Classified Information"exemption whereas attorneys within the Office of the Legal Advisor preferred to use the(b)(5),"Deliberative Process"exemption.Whistleblower career employees within the State Department also reportedly notified the Intelligence Community that others at State involved in the review process deliberately changed classification determinations to protect Secretary Clinton(1).Your inquiry later extended to how the Department of Justice(DOJ)and Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI)managed their investigation of the mishandling of classified information.
你们的调查始于2015年3月，最初的重点是国务院官员是否知道克林顿国务卿的私人服务器和相关的国家安全风险，以及国务院官员是否试图降级在该服务器上发现的电子邮件中的机密材料。例如，2015年8月，格拉斯利参议员写信给国务院，告知国务院《信息自由法》专家认为，克林顿国务卿的一些电子邮件应该得到(b)(1)"机密信息"豁免，而法律顾问办公室的律师则倾向于使用(b)(5)"协商过程"豁免。据报道，美国国务院内部的职业告密者也通知情报界，国务院参与审查过程的其他人故意改变保密决定，以保护国务卿克林顿。你的调查后来扩展到司法部(DOJ)和联邦调查局(FBI)如何管理他们对机密信息处理不当的调查。
A current focus of the investigation is the highly classified appendix to the DOJ Inspector General's report on these matters,which DOJ provided to Congress on July 11,2018.That appendix raised a number of serious questions because,as explained on page 154 of the unclassified DOJ IG report,the FBI decided not to seek access to certain highly classified information potentially relevant to the investigation despite members of the FBI case team referring to the review as a"necessary"part of the investigation."(2)As a result of the findings in that appendix,Senator Grassley wrote a classified letter to DOJ on October 17,2018,which remains unanswered.On January 15,2019,at Mr.Barr's nomination hearing,Senator Grassley asked Mr.Barr if he would answer the letter,if confirmed,to which he attested,"Yes,Senator."On April 16,2019,Senators Grassley,Johnson,and Graham sent a letter to Attorney General Barr reiterating the need for a written response to that letter.
目前调查的一个重点是司法部监察长关于这些问题的报告的高度机密的附录，司法部于2018年7月11日向国会提供了该报告。该附录提出了一些严重问题，因为正如司法部检察长报告第154页所解释的那样，尽管联邦调查局案件小组成员称审查是调查的"必要"部分，但联邦调查局决定不寻求获得可能与调查有关的某些高度机密信息(2)根据附录中的调查结果，格拉斯利参议员于2018年10月17日致函美国司法部，至今仍未得到答复。2019年1月15日，在巴尔先生的提名听证会上，格拉斯利参议员问巴尔先生，如果这封信得到确认，他是否会回信，他证实:"是的，参议员。"2019年4月16日，参议员格拉斯利、约翰逊和格雷厄姆给司法部长巴尔写了一封信，重申需要对这封信做出书面回应。
In August 2018,news articles alleged that a Chinese state-owned company hacked former Secretary Clinton's non-government server and inserted code that forwarded nearly all of her emails to the foreign company.(3)The reporting indicated that two Intelligence Community Inspector General(ICIG)officials–Frank Rucker and Jeanette McMillian–discovered the code and brought the possible intrusion to the attention of the FBI.4
2018年8月，新闻报道称，一家中国国有企业黑进了前国务卿克林顿的非政府服务器，并插入了将她几乎所有电子邮件转发给这家外国公司的代码。(3)报告指出，两名情报社区总监察长(ICIG)官员——Frank Rucker 和 Jeanette McMillian——发现了密码，并提请联邦调查局注意可能的入侵
We pursued this issue by requesting interviews with the two ICIG officials.On December 4,2018,your staff,along with staff from Senators Feinstein and McCaskill,interviewed ICIG employees Mr.Rucker and Ms.McMillian.On December 20,2018,you transmitted a copy of an interview summary of the Majority's questions and the witness's answers to the ICIG for a classification review.On January 30,2019,the ICIG provided classified and unclassified versions of the interview summary,and the Office of Senate Security redacted the classified information.On February 28,2019,the ICIG provided documentary evidence including copies of emails and notes from meetings.On April 9,2019,the DOJ IG and ICIG provided a summary of their findings related to these Chinese hacking allegations.
我们通过要求采访两位 ICIG 官员来追踪这个问题。2018年12月4日，你的工作人员，以及参议员 Feinstein 和 McCaskill 的工作人员，采访了 ICIG 的雇员 Rucker 先生和 McMillian 女士。2018年12月20日，你向国际委员会递交了一份关于多数派问题和证人答复的访谈摘要，以便进行分类审查。2019年1月30日，ICIG 提供了访谈摘要的机密和非机密版本，参议院安全办公室编辑了机密信息。2019年2月28日，ICIG 提供了书面证据，包括电子邮件和会议记录的副本。2019年4月9日，美国司法部 IG 和 ICIG 提供了一份关于中国黑客指控的调查结果摘要。
We would like to bring to your attention two pieces of information that we learned during those interviews.First,according to one ICIG official,some members of the FBI investigative team seemed indifferent to evidence of a possible intrusion by a foreign adversary into Secretary Clinton's non-government server.The interview summary makes clear exactly what information Mr.Rucker and Ms.McMillian knew regarding the alleged hack of the Clinton server,as well as the information they shared with the FBI team,including Peter Strzok,the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division in charge of the Clinton investigation.
我们想提请你们注意我们在这些面谈中了解到的两条信息。首先，据一名 ICIG 官员说，联邦调查局调查小组的一些成员似乎对外国对手可能侵入克林顿国务卿的非政府服务器的证据漠不关心。采访摘要清楚地表明了 Rucker 先生和 McMillian 女士所知道的关于克林顿服务器被黑的信息，以及他们与 FBI 小组共享的信息，其中包括负责克林顿调查的 FBI 反间谍部门副助理主任 Peter Strzok。
Second,the interview summary provides additional information about the internal process the State Department undertook to determine the classification of emails from Secretary Clinton and her associates.Ms.McMillian explained that,"at first,State fought back against the intelligence community being involved"but eventually agreed.She also explained that,during the course of their review,the Central Intelligence Agency and the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency had"significant equities"in the Clinton emails.Also,during the interview,Mr.Rucker stated that he was told that two State Department employees,Austin Evers and Catherine Duval,took steps to downgrade classified emails by arguing that they should be withheld from disclosure for deliberative process reasons,rather than classification reasons,under the Freedom of Information Act.Mr.Rucker also observed then-Ambassador Patrick Kennedy questioning whether certain emails should be provided to the intelligence community for review and fighting against classifying other emails.
第二，访谈摘要提供了更多关于国务院确定国务卿克林顿及其助手电子邮件分类的内部程序的信息。麦克米利安解释说，"起初，国务院反击了牵涉其中的情报机构"，但最终还是同意了。她还解释说，在审查过程中，中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency)和国家地理空间情报局(National geospatial Intelligence Agency)在克林顿的电子邮件中发现了"重要证据"。此外，在采访中，Rucker 先生说，他被告知，两名国务院雇员，Austin Evers 和 Catherine Duval，采取措施降低了机密电子邮件的等级，辩称根据《信息自由法》，出于审议过程的原因，而不是保密的原因，不应该披露这些电子邮件。拉克先生还指出，当时的大使帕特里克·肯尼迪质疑某些电子邮件是否应该提供给情报界审查，并反对对其他电子邮件进行分类。
This information should serve as an addition to your investigative record.Accordingly,we have attached an unclassified copy of the Majority's questioning and the corresponding witness answers to this memorandum(Exhibit 1).We have also included an October 25,2018 document production from the ICIG(Exhibit 2),a February 26,2019 document production from the ICIG(Exhibit 3),and an April 9,2019,letter from the IC and DOJ IG summarizing their findings related to the alleged hack into Secretary Clinton's non-government server(Exhibit 4).
这些信息应该作为你调查记录的补充。因此，我们附上一份未加密的副本，多数人的询问和相应的证人答复这份备忘录(表1)。我们还包括 ICIG 于2018年10月25日提供的文件(附件2)、ICIG 于2019年2月26日提供的文件(附件3)，以及 ICIG 和司法部检察长于2019年4月9日发出的一封信，信中总结了他们对涉嫌入侵国务卿克林顿非政府服务器的调查结果(附件4)。
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(1)John Solomon,Safe given to lawyer among irregularities seen in review of Hillary Clinton emails,Wash.Times,Aug.16,2015,https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/16/hillary-clinton-emails-safe-provided-to-lawyer-amo/see also Laura Meckler,Hillary Clinton's State Department Staff Kept Tight Rein on Records,Wall St.J.,May 19,2015,https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-state-department-staff-kept-tight-rein-on-records-1432081701(reporting on political appointees interfering with FOIA production in an effort to protect Secretary Clinton).
(1)华盛顿州，约翰·所罗门，在审查希拉里·克林顿邮件中发现的违规行为中，外管局给了律师。纽约时报》，8月28日。16,2015----https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/16/Hillary-Clinton-emails-safe-provided-to-lawyer-amo/也看到了 Laura Meckler，Hillary Clinton's State Department Staff Kept Tight Rein on Records，Wall st。2015年5月19日，《https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-state-department-staff-kept-tight-rein-on-records-1432081701道(报道了政治任命者为保护国务卿克林顿而干扰《信息自由法》的生产)。
(2)A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election.Unclassified Inspector General Report,p.154."In addition,as we describe in the classified appendix to this report,the OIG learned near the end of our review that the FBI had considered obtaining permission from the Department to review certain classified materials that may have included information potentially relevant to the Midyear investigation.Although the Midyear team drafted a memorandum to the Deputy Attorney General in late May 2016 stating that review of the highly classified materials was necessary to complete the investigation and requesting permission to access them,the FBI never sent this request to the Department.FBI witnesses told us that they did not seek access to these classified materials for various reasons,including that they believed this information would not materially impact the conclusion.The classified appendix describes in more detail the highly classified information,its potential relevance to the Midyear investigation,the FBI's reasons for not seeking access to it,and our analysis."
(二)回顾联邦调查局和司法部在2016年大选前采取的各项行动。非机密监察主任报告，第154页。"此外，正如我们在本报告机密附录中所述，监察主任办公室在我们审查即将结束时获悉，联邦调查局考虑获得该部的许可，审查某些可能包含可能与年中调查有关的信息的机密材料。虽然年中小组在2016年5月底起草了一份给副总检察长的备忘录，指出为完成调查必须审查高度机密的材料，并请求获准查阅这些材料，但联邦调查局从未向司法部提出这一请求。联邦调查局的目击者告诉我们，出于各种原因，他们没有寻求获得这些机密材料，包括他们认为这些信息不会对结论产生重大影响。机密附录更详细地描述了这些高度机密的信息，它们与年中调查的潜在相关性，联邦调查局不想接触这些信息的原因，以及我们的分析。"
(3)Adam Shaw,Chinese company reportedly hacked Clinton's server,got copy of every email in real-time,Fox News(Aug.29,2018);Richard Pollock,Sources:China Hacked Hillary Clinton's Private Email Server,The Daily Caller(Aug.27,2018).4 Id.
(3)据报道，中国公司 Adam Shaw 攻击了希拉里的服务器，获得了每封实时电子邮件的副本，Fox 新闻(2018年8月29日);Richard Pollock，来源:中国攻击了希拉里的私人电子邮件服务器，每日唿吁者(2018年8月27日)。4 Id.
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