TOP SECRET/
August 12, 2019
(U) CLASSIFIED APPENDIX
(U) Supplementary classified information is provided as follows:
- (U) Additional information related to Section II
(TS/ ) According to multiple White House officials I spoke with, the transcript of the President’s call with President Zelenskyy was placed into a computer system managed directly by the National Security Council (NSC) Directorate for Intelligence Programs. This is a standalone computer system reserved for codeword-level intelligence information, such as covert action. According to information I received from White House officials, some officials voiced concerns internally that this would be an abuse of the system and was not consistent with the responsibilities of the Directorate for Intelligence Programs. According to White House officials I spoke with, this was “not the first time” under this Administration that a Presidential transcript was placed into this codeword-level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive—rather than national security sensitive—information.
- (U) Additional information related to Section IV
Information Relating To Classified Intelligence Community Reporting & Analysis[1]
(S/ ) I would like to expand upon two issues mentioned in Section IV that might have a connection with the overall effort to pressure the Ukrainian leadership. As I do not know definitively whether the below-mentioned decisions are connected to the broader efforts I describe, I have chosen to include them in the classified annex. If they indeed represent genuine policy deliberations and decisions formulated to advance U. S. foreign policy and national security, one might be able to make a reasonable case that the facts are classified.
(S/ )I learned from U. S. officials that, on or around 14 May, the President instructed Vice President Pence to cancel his planned travel to Ukraine to attend President
- ↑ Information Relating To Classified Intelligence Community Reporting & Analysis
1TOP SECRET/
