UNCLASSIFIED DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, DC ‘Mr. Thomas A. Monheim OCT 15 2020 Acting Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20511 Acting Inspector General Monheim: Pursuant to the request of Ranking Member Nunes, and consistent with my obligation to transmit allegations of wrongdoing to your office for review, I am attaching the enclosed Oversight Investigation and Referral regarding concems with the completion of the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russia's Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US. >. Presidential Election published on 5 January 2017 for your review. This referral was first provided to the Central Intelligence Agency Inspector General (CIA IG) in December 2018 by the then-majority members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). Since then, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has received numerous requests from senior oversight officials for the Intelligence Community IG (IC IG) to review whether all portions of the aforementioned ICA adhered to proper analytic tradecraft. Concurrently, I have requested that the document undergo a formal declassification review in response to a request from Ranking Member Nunes on 13 September 2020. I am committed to facilitating transparency that serves the public interest while balancing the imperative for protecting sources and methods, I look forward to receiving the results of your review and any recommendations you have for corrective action. Sincerely, Attachments: 1. Letter from Congressman Nunes requesting ICIG review of Investigative Referral, 20 July 2020 2. Letter from Congressman Nunes requesting ICIG review of Investigative Referral and Declassification review, 17 September 2020 UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED Ceo: ‘The Honorable Marco Rubio, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ‘The Honorable Mark Warner, Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ‘The Honorable Adam Schiff, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ‘The Honorable Devin Nunes, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 2 UNCLASSIFIED