Much of the discussion of the Mueller Report, including commentary by Rachel Madow could lead one to the conclusion that what Mueller did on the counterintelligence front is a mystery. The report certainly contains much information relevant to a counterintelligence investigation insofar as it is relevant to decisions to prosecute or not.
Beyond that, the Report is quite clear about where to look for the information it developed on the counterintelligence front. On page 13 of volume 1, the Report states:
"From its inception, the Office recognized that its investigation could identify foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information relevant to the FBI’s broader national security mission. FBI personnel who assisted the Office established procedures to identify and convey such information to the FBI. The FBI’s Counterintelligence Division met with the Office regularly for that purpose for most of the Office’s tenure. For more than the past year, the FBI also embedded personnel at the Office who did not work on the Special Counsel’s investigation, but whose purpose was to review the results of the investigation and to send — in writing — summaries of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to FBIHQ and FBI Field Offices. Those communications and other correspondence between the Office and the FBI contain information derived from the investigation, not all of which is contained in this Volume."
The Report is a summary, so Congress needs the evidence underlying the Report, but it also needs evidence held by the FBI that is wholly outside the Report.
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