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NEW: @DNI_Ratcliffe blames leaking lawmakers for end to in-person #Election2020 security briefings
"We& #39;ve had a pandemic being leaked out of the intelligence community & I& #39;m going to take the measures to make sure that that stops" @DNI_Ratcliffe tells Fox News& #39; @MariaBartiromo
"We& #39;ve had a pandemic being leaked out of the intelligence community & I& #39;m going to take the measures to make sure that that stops" @DNI_Ratcliffe tells Fox News& #39; @MariaBartiromo
"We& #39;re not going to do a repeat of what we did a month ago" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "Yet within minutes of one of those briefings ending, a # of different members of Congress went to a # of different publications, leaked classified information, again, for political purposes"
"That simply isn& #39;t true that #Russia is a greater nat& #39;l security threat than #China" adds @DNI_Ratcliffe
"I& #39;m going to continue to keep the promises that I made. I& #39;m going to continue to follow the law" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "I reiterated to Congress, look, I& #39;m going to keep you fully and currently informed as required by the law"
"I& #39;m privileged to see more intelligence than anyone else in the country other the president" per @DNI_Ratcliffe " #China is the greatest threat that we face"
"I don& #39;t mean to minimize #Russia. They are a nat& #39;l security threat" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "But the threats that we face from #China are significantly greater...anyone who sees intelligence knows that"
"Anyone who says otherwise is politicizing intelligence for their own narrative" add @DNI_Ratcliffe
" #Russia wants a seat at the table of the int& #39;l order" per @DNI_Ratcliffe " #China wants to sit at the head of the table"
Chinese initiatives "designed to challenge US superiority in every respect...and really set the rules, standards & norms for the int& #39;l marketplace"
Chinese initiatives "designed to challenge US superiority in every respect...and really set the rules, standards & norms for the int& #39;l marketplace"
#COVID19 - "This virus very clearly, we assess w/high confidence, originated in #Wuhan #China" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "we also know that this virus was allowed to spread form China bcs of the Chinese Communist Party & their officials...They downplayed it within their own community"
"Ultimately, they engaged in a campaign to deflect blame from #China" per @DNI_Ratcliffe, citing notion of "proximate cause"
"But for #China& #39;s actions, this virus could have been contained to China"
"But for #China& #39;s actions, this virus could have been contained to China"
"They& #39;re a bad international actor & that& #39;s why they shouldn& #39;t be allowed to set international standards instead of the #UnitedStates" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
" #China& #39;s using a massive & sophisticated influence campaign that dwarfs anything that dwarfs anything that any other country is doing" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
#Election2020 security: "I want to reassure the American ppl-it would be difficult for anyone, #China #Russia #Iran to change actual vote tallies" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "We have a decentralized system across this country about counting votes"
"Talk about influence and malign foreign influence, what #China& #39;s doing that no else is doing is that they& #39;re engaging at the local, state & federal level" per @DNI_Ratcliffe " #Beijing is threatening economic ruin in for instance districts where members of Congress are..."
"...threatening ruin to businesses, factories, & jobs unless members of Congress support pro- #China policies or oppose policies of the administration, this administration that are tough on China" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "It& #39;s something that should concern every American"
" #China #Russia #Iran, other actors, are all trying to interfere or influence our elections for their own gain" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "So I don& #39;t want to say this is only about China"
#China- #Election2020 "They& #39;re expressing preferences for Vice President Biden over President Trump bcs President Trump has been tough on China" @DNI_Ratcliffe tells @FoxBusiness& #39; @MariaBartiromo "China has enjoyed a $500 billion trade surplus the the president won& #39;t tolerate..."
#Election2020 briefings for Congress: "We& #39;ll do what& #39;s required by law. Those members who are entitled to the briefings & classified information will still get that information" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
"What we won& #39;t be doing is all member briefings"
"What we won& #39;t be doing is all member briefings"
"We& #39;ve tried that and the information hasn& #39;t been protected" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "So we& #39;ve implemented procedures where we& #39;ll primarily brief through written materials but then we& #39;ll also provide briefings to the members who are entitled to it as we& #39;ve done before"
"We& #39;re going to do what we& #39;re supposed to do but what we& #39;re also going to do is protect information from getting leaked for political purposes...I won& #39;t stand for it" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
#China tries to lobby businesses, politicians "but where they& #39;re not successful there, then they covertly coerce, intimidate, bully, they use middlemen &proxies to try to try to influence & ultimately blackmail in some cases or extort elected officials, business leaders & others"
. @DNI_Ratcliffe tells @FoxBusiness he will declassify more documents re #Durham investigation
"The question now is, did the @FBI have a proper predicate to begin a counterintelligence investigation at all?" he says "It& #39;s also the issue I& #39;m continuing to look at"
"The question now is, did the @FBI have a proper predicate to begin a counterintelligence investigation at all?" he says "It& #39;s also the issue I& #39;m continuing to look at"
"But I& #39;m not going to prejudice John Durham& #39;s work" per @DNI_Ratcliffe "So we& #39;ve had to coordinate with his office about the timing...but I& #39;m optimistic I& #39;ll be declassifying additional documents soon"
Why aren& #39;t leaks from Congress being investigated / prosecuted?
"When I become aware of intelligence community information that is disclosed unlawfully I do what& #39;s called a crimes report. I& #39;ve done that now on a number of occasions" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
Prosecutions up to @FBI
"When I become aware of intelligence community information that is disclosed unlawfully I do what& #39;s called a crimes report. I& #39;ve done that now on a number of occasions" per @DNI_Ratcliffe
Prosecutions up to @FBI
"I& #39;m going to continue to inform Congress and the public about those threats" per @DNI_Ratcliffe re: #China
"Unfortunately we are in a very political situation...I& #39;m going to continue to put out the correct narrative"
"Unfortunately we are in a very political situation...I& #39;m going to continue to put out the correct narrative"
