From its inception, the Office recognized that its investigation could identify foreign
intelligence and counterintelligence information relevant to the FBI's broader national security
mission.
The FBI agents working with the Special Counsel served as a liaison between the Special Counsel and the FBI operations. When information came available that impacted international FBI operations, these agents developed procedures to allow the transfer of vital information.
FBI personnel who assisted the Office established procedures to identify and convey
such information to the FBI. The FBI's Counterintelligence Division met with the Office regularly
for that purpose for most of the Office's tenure. For more than the past year, the FBI also
embedded personnel at the Office who did not work on the Special Counsel's investigation, but
whose purpose was to review the results of the investigation and to send-in writing-summaries
of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to FBIHQ and FBI Field Offices....
It was not a casual relationship. The transfer of information was formal and documented.
Those communications and other correspondence between the Office and the FBI contain
information derived from the investigation, not all of which is contained in this Volume.
This information is not secret unless it is classified. It is in THE EVIDENCE accumulated by the Special Counsel which Bill Barr has not passed onto the US Congress. The fact the Special Counsel considers this volume a summary only reflects the extent evidence exists. There wasn't enough time to write a report that stated every item of evidence recorded into evidence.
This
Volume is a summary. It contains, in the Office's judgment, that information necessary to account
for the Special Counsel's prosecution and declination decisions and to describe the investigation's
main factual results.
The Special Counsel's judgment is not the do all or end all judgment. The US Congress has to make it's own judgment autonomously from that of the Special Counsel. The American people have a right to know all the evidence that is not classified due to ongoing Grand Jury proceedings. They, after all, is the ultimate decision maker in their power as the electorate.
Footnote:
1 FBI personnel assigned to the Special Counsel's Office were required to adhere to all applicable
federal law and all Department and FBI regulations, guidelines, and policies. An FBI attorney worked on
FBI-related matters for the Office, such as FBI compliance with all FBI policies and procedures, including
the FBI's Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG).
To be noted, there is a disclaimer that pops up at the FBI site explaining the records contained by this department is not complete. The reason it is not complete is that articles are moved to the National Archives. This effects FOIA requests.
DIOG from 2009 (click here)
The FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) (click here) was revised and updated based on comments and feedback received since the original DIOG was issued on December 16, 2008. This new version was approved by Director Mueller on October 15, 2011. The changes primarily clarify and enhance the definitions of terms and procedures used in the original DIOG. Each change has been carefully looked at and considered against the backdrop of the tools our employees need to accomplish their mission, the possible risks associated with the use of those tools, and the controls that are in place. The DIOG was first issued to help implement the new Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations that were issued earlier in 2008. Those guidelines had reconciled a number of previously separate guidelines, the first of which had been issued in 1976. The most recent version of the Guide is the version update of 10/16/2013, which was posted here on 9/14/2016.
...That FBI attorney worked under FBI
legal supervision, not the Special Counsel's supervision.
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