Report of Investigation Agency Access to the Ssci Shared Drive on Rdinet

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(b)(7)(c)

(b)(7)(c)

38. (U//FOUO) OIG presented D/CIA Brennan with an excerpt from the "MFR" document found on D/CIA Brennan told OIG that there appeared to be a difference in emphasis between what he had told and what documented. In response to whether he told to proceed by "whatever means necessary," D/CIA Brennan stated that he would never use those words and had not stated that to D/CIA Brennan further stated that he was only interested in gaining knowledge of the system because he was unsure if it was a closed system. D/CIA Brennan stated that he had "tremendous respect" for and added that he counted on action to be consistent with legal authority. D/CIA Brennan reiterated that he had understood that CIA documents were found via (b)(3) D/CIA Brennan stated that he wanted to know how the documents got to the SSCI side but did not direct anyone to review SSCI systems.

39. (U//FOUO) A meeting was held in the Director's conference room in the afternoon of 14 January 2014, attended by D/CIA Brennan, CIC), Neal Higgins (Chief/Office of Congressional Affairs), Executive Director Meroe Park, and others. At this meeting, D/CIA Brennan expressed surprise and concern at the presence of CIC officers. Several witnesses told OIG that D/CIA Brennan was upset that CIC had been engaged in the inquiry, and was concerned about the optic of the counterintelligence arm of the Agency investigating the activity of SSCI staffers. D/CIA Brennan stated he was surprised at the work that had already been performed, and explicitly told everyone at the meeting not to do anything else on the "tech or forensic side." D/CIA Brennan told OIG that he did not task the review, and that there should not have been any other work performed after the meeting on the 14 January 2014. D/CIA Brennan confirmed with OIG that he was surprised when he learned CIC was involved in the review.

(U) Office of Security Cyber Blue Team Review

41. (U//FOUO) Between 16 and 17 January 2014, the CIA Office of Security Cyber Blue Team $ ^{9} $ conducted a review of the RDINet in holdings and produced

40. (U//FOUO) During the meeting on 14 January, D/CIA Brennan gave the order to "stand down" on any further reviews until he could brief the SSCI on the Agency's concerns and the actions taken to date. On 15 January, D/CIA Brennan briefed the SSCI and proposed a joint review between the Agency and SSCI Security D/CIA Brennan stated that he did not think that Chairman Feinstein explicitly agreed to a joint review that day, but did not explicitly say no or dismiss the conversation. D/CIA Brennan thought that Chairman Feinstein wanted to talk to about it and consider the idea further. D/CIA Brennan stated that he did not task anything after this meeting with the SSCI, and that it should have been abundantly clear after the meeting on 14 January in his conference room that all work should have stopped.