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Director Of National Intelligence Cancels Verbal Election Security Briefings

The Director of National Intelligence office will no longer verbally brief Congress on election interference, instead providing written information, Director John Ratcliffe wrote.
Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been called off, top Democrats say.

Updated at 8:25 p.m. ET

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed Senate and House intelligence committees that it will no longer brief Congress in person on foreign efforts to interfere in the November election.

In a letter to congressional leaders Friday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said his office will instead "primarily meetthrough written finished intelligence products."

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