The Director of National Intelligence told lawmakers that his office (ODNI) will scale back in-person election security briefings to Congress in favor of written reports -- amid concerns about leaks of sensitive information. An Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) official told Fox News the office is concerned about "unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information following recent briefings." The lawmakers said that ODNI had requested to brief the intelligence committees and the House in mid-September, but canceled that. There have been longstanding concerns about foreign interference in the election, ever since the intelligence community concluded that Russia attempted to interfere with the 2016 election. “We expect the administration and Intelligence Community to keep us fully and accurately informed, and resume the briefings," the said in a statement.

Source: Fox News August 29, 2020 21:06 UTC