US intel chief rebukes lawmakers over 'pandemic' of leaks

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US intelligence chief John Ratcliffe on Sunday (Aug 30) defended his move to end in-person election security briefings to Congress, blaming a "pandemic" of leaks from lawmakers. The Director of National Intelligence wrote to top lawmakers from both parties in the House and Senate intelligence committees on Friday explaining the change. The announcement sparked accusations from senior Democrats that the administration was covering up Russian help for President Donald Trump's re-election bid. Ratcliffe voiced frustration over leaks from a counterintelligence briefing to Congress a month ago informing lawmakers that China, Russia and Iran were all seeking to interfere. "And yet, within minutes of that... a number of members of Congress went to a number of different publications and leaked classified information," Ratcliffe told Fox News. He said the leakers aimed to "create a narrative that simply isn't true, that somehow Russia is a greater national security threat than China." "I'm going to continue to keep Congress informed. But we have had a pandemic of information being leaked out of the intelligence community. And I'm going to take the measures to make sure that that stops," he added. To keep reading about US intel chief rebukes lawmakers over 'pandemic' of leaks, Click on the link. Seoul, Korea
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