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UNCLASSIFIED DNI Production Workload Statistics Report With Case Listing Reporting Period: 5/1/2020 to 6/1/2020 Case Number Case Subject Requester Open Initial Date DF-2020-00216 CORRESPONDENCE SENT TO OR FROM ODNl'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERNANDEZ, SERGIO 05/06/2020 RELATED TO THE APRIL 30, 2002NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE "TRUMP OFFICIALS ARE SAID TO PRESS SPIES TO LINK VIRUS AND WUHAN LABS"(INCLUDING PRE­ PUBLICATION CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE ARTICLE'S AUTHORS, MARK MAZZETTI; JULIANE. BARNES; EDWARD WONG OR ADAM GOLDMAN, AND INTERNAL STATEDEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE REPORTERS' QUESTIONS OR ASSERTIONS,REQUESTS FOR COMMENT, OR POST-PUBLICATION DISCUSSION OF THE ARTICLE);* CORRESPONDENCE, TALKING POINTS, MEMOS AND NOTES RELATED TO ODNl'S APRIL30,2020 PRESS RELEASE "INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STATEMENT ON ORIGINS OF COVID-19"* DRAFTS OF ODNl'S APRIL 30, 2020 PRESS RELEASE "INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STATEMENT ON ORIGINS OF COVID-19"* AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDINGS, NOTES, AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THE APRIL 7 "REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS" REFERRED TO IN THE APRIL 30, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ("RICHARD GREN ELL, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, HAS TOLD HIS AGENCIES TO MAKE A PRIORITY OF DETERMINING THE VIRUS'S ORIGIN. HIS OFFICE CONVENED A REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS ON APRIL 7 TO SEE WHETHER THE AGENCIES COULD REACH A CONSENSUS."). IN ADDITION TO THE RECORDS DESCRIBED ABOVE, PROVIDE ANY PROCESSING NOTES PRODUCED IN THE COURSE OF FULFILLING THISREQUEST AND ANY RECORDS THAT, BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURE OR SUBJECT MATTER, ARESUBSTANTIALL Y THE SAME AS THE RECORDS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DF-2020-0021606 MAY 2020 DISCLOSED, ARE THE SUBJECT OF CURRENTLY PENDING REQUESTS OR ARE LIKELY TO BECOME THE SUBJECT OF SUBSEQUENT REQUESTS. DF-2020-00217 REQUEST ALL EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS (EMAIL MESSAGES, EMAIL ATTACHMENTS, EVERS, AUSTIN 05/06/2020 COMPLETE EMAIL CHAINS, AND CALENDAR INVITATIONS) SENT BY ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE RICHARD GRENELL OR SENIOR ADVISOR KASH PATEL CONTAINING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING KEY TERMS: I.! ATKINSON 11. ICIG Ill. IC IG IV. INSPECTOR GENERAL V.UKRAINE WHISTLEBLOWER VI WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT VII.ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE VIII.ADMIN LEAVE BETWEEN FEB. 21 , 2020 THROUGH APRIL 7, 2020 DF-2020-00218 ALL EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS (EMAIL MESSAGES, EMAIL ATTACHMENTS, EVERS, AUSTIN 05/06/2020 COMPLETE EMAIL CHAINS, AND CALENDAR INVITATIONS) SENT BY FORMER ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JOSEPH MAGUIRE CONTAINING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING KEY TERMS: I.! ATKINSON II.! ICIG Ill.! "IC IG" IV.! "INSPECTOR GENERAL" V.! "UKRAINE WHISTLEBLOWER" VI.! 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DF-2020-00227 ANY AND ALL RECORDS RELATED TO 9/11 TERRORIST SATAM AL SUQAMI, WHERE KRESSY, ED 05/14/2020 SUCHRECORDS:• RELATE TO OR REFERENCE HIS WHEREABOUTS, CONTACTS, AFFILIATIONS,MOVEMENTS,ACTIVITIES, COMMUNICATIONS, ALIASES, INTERESTS, AND/OR ANY RELATEDINFORMATION,AND;* DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATE TO THE ABOVE, WITHIN THE TIME PERIODSEPTEMBER 2000 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2001 DF-2020-00228 REQUEST ANY RECORD OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OFFICE OF THE SATTER. RAPHAEL 05/14/2020 DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA RELATING TO OR MENTIONING COVID-19 AND THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES IT (THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS) BETWEEN FEBRUARY 10, 2020 AND MAY 10, 2020. DF-2020-00229 REQUEST ANY AND ALL RECORDS REGARDING, CONCERNING, OR RELATED TO DUNAGAN. SEAN 05/14/2020 THE JANUARY 5, 2017 MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE BETWEEN FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JAMES CLAPPER, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN, FORMER DIRECTOR JAMES GOMEY, PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND OTHERS. 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    Case 1:19-cv-00449 Document 1 Filed 02/22/19 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ) PROJECT ) 1612 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100 ) Washington, D.C. 20006 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ) 2201 C Street, N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20520 ) ) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ) Washington, D.C. 20505 ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ) 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20230 ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ) THE TREASURY ) 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20220 ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ) 1400 Defense Pentagon ) Washington, D.C. 20301-1400 ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ) 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20585 ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF 1. This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, for injunctive, declaratory, and other appropriate relief. Plaintiff Government Accountability Project (“GAP”) Case 1:19-cv-00449 Document 1 Filed 02/22/19 Page 2 of 44 challenges the failure of the U.S. Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”), the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Energy to respond to its requests for documents pertaining to the so-called “Middle East Marshall Plan” and efforts by International Peace Power & Prosperity (“IP3” or “IP3 Corporation”) and others to advance that plan.
  • 1 | Page Velocity Update December 4

    1 | Page Velocity Update December 4

    Velocity Update December 4, 2020 Congressional Schedule. Both the Senate and House are in session. (More below.) 2020 Election and Transition While there are a handful of states still in the process of certifying the election outcome, all the states in which President Trump’s campaign has tried to overturn or prevent the official certification of the results have certified Joe Biden as the winner. Last week, even as the president called the leaders of the Michigan legislature to the White House for a meeting and amid some last-minute drama with the state canvassing board, Michigan certified its election results. The Trump campaign paid for a recount in two Wisconsin counties, which was completed on Nov. 29 and confirmed that Biden won the state by over 20,000 votes (Biden’s lead actually increased by 87 votes). Georgia completed their second recount, and once again affirmed that Biden won the state. Challenges to the outcome. So far, the Trump campaign has offered 42 court challenges related to the election. They’ve lost 41 of those challenges (the one win was related to the time voters could cure, or fix, mailed in ballots). On Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the election results, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously denied a request to stay its dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to overturn Biden’s victory there. Attorney General Bill Barr also said publicly this week that he has “not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” However, many Republicans continue to call the election undecided, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who responded to a reporter’s policy question by saying “Let’s wait until who’s sworn in, and we can discuss that.” Rep.