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May 2019 Intelligence News

• Trump puts DOJ on crash course with intelligence agencies by Natasha Bertrand, Politico, May 24. "National security veterans fear a declassification order could trigger resignations and threaten the CIA's ability to conduct its core business -- managing secret intelligence and sources."
• DNI Coats Statement on the Department of Justice Review, news release, May 24. "I am confident that the Attorney General will work with the IC in accordance with the long-established standards to protect highly-sensitive classified information that, if publicly released, would put our national security at risk."
• ODNI Request for Information: Intelligence, Science, and Technology Partnership, FedBizOpps, May 22. "To facilitate broader engagement, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is expanding the scope of one of its longstanding activities, the Intelligence, Science, and Technology Partnership (In-STeP) 1-on-1 Meeting Series, to include presentations on innovative capabilities that also address the ODNI's IC-wide Strategic Initiatives."
• Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Prison for Espionage, Justice Dept news release, May 17. "Former U.S. Intelligence officer Kevin Patrick Mallory will spend the next 20 years of his life in prison for conspiring to pass national defense information to a Chinese intelligence officer," said Assistant Attorney General John Demers.
• Former Intelligence Analyst Charged with Disclosing Classified Information, Justice Dept news release, May 9. "An indictment was unsealed today charging a former intelligence analyst with illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested this morning." (Indictment)
• Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage, Justice Dept news release, May 1. "This is the third case in less than a year in which a former US intelligence officer has pled or been found guilty of conspiring with Chinese intelligence services to pass them national defense information," said Assistant Attorney General Demers.