US. Department of Justice Oitive of Legislative Affairs Office ofthe Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 ‘The Honorable Devin Nunes MAY 03 2018 Chairman House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence US. House of Representatives, ‘Washington, D.C. 20815 ‘Dear Chairman Nunes: ‘The Department of Justice (Department is in receipt of your April 30, 2018, subpoena (Subpoena), which identifies today as a deadline for response and references your classified April 24, 2018 letter. After careful evaluation and following consultations with the Office ofthe Director of ‘ational Intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, andthe White House, the Department thas determined that, consistent with applicable law and longstanding Executive Branch policy, it {snot ina position to provide information responsive to your request regarding a specific individual. Disclosure of responsive information to such requests can risk severe consequences, including potential loss of human lives, damage to relationships with valued intemational partners, compromise of ongoing criminal investigations, and interference with intelligence activities, ‘The Department and it intelligence community partners would welcome the opportunity to discuss whether there are other ways to accommodate the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's oversight inquiry ly yours, sn E. Boyd ‘Assistant Attomey General