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Washington, DC 20530

February 9, 2018

Mr. Donald F. McGahn II

Counsel to the President

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20500-0003

Dear Mr. McGahn:

At your office's request, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have reviewed the January 29, 2018 memorandum from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Minority to all Members of the House of Representatives. Specifically, you have asked us to identify the information about which DOJ and the FBI would have national security or law enforcement concerns if released publicly.

Enclosed please find a version of the document that identifies, in highlighted text, information the release of which would present such concerns in light of longstanding principles regarding the protection of intelligence sources and methods, ongoing investigations, and other similarly sensitive information. We have further identiﬁed, in red boxes, the subset of such information for which national security or law enforcement concerns are especially significant. Our determinations have taken into account the information previously declassified by the President as communicated in a letter to HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes dated February 2, 2018.

Enclosure