In a letter to State Assistant Secretary Ellen McCarthy, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) said members of his panel wanted to learn more details about the interactions between White House aides and the State Department. The letter demands that the department submit testimony from McCarthy or another senior official addressing the basis for the written testimony and communications with White House officials about the review process it underwent in the run-up to the hearing, along with documents detailing those communications and the edits suggested by the White House. [Read the intelligence climate assessment that never made it to the House Intelligence Committee]Neither the White House nor the State Department could be immediately reached for comment Tuesday. In a statement, Schiff noted that the Bureau of Intelligence and Research has stood out for its independence in the past. “But every White House has the right and exercises the right to make sure that all congressional testimony conforms to what the administration, as a whole, believes and is advocating.”

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2019 17:03 UTC