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    Today, 11 Democrats on the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, led by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), wrote to Director of National Intelligence Don Coats requesting a classified report detailing the analysis the Trump Administration used in issuing its revised travel ban covering nationals of five majority Muslim countries, North Korea and Venezuela.

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    Today, 11 Democrats on the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, led by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), wrote to Director of National Intelligence Don Coats requesting a classified report detailing the analysis the Trump Administration used in issuing its revised travel ban covering nationals of five majority Muslim countries, North Korea and Venezuela.

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    Today, 11 Democrats on the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, led by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), wrote to Director of National Intelligence Don Coats requesting a classified report detailing the analysis the Trump Administration used in issuing its revised travel ban covering nationals of five majority Muslim countries, North Korea and Venezuela.

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    Congress of the United States ‘Washington, BE 20515 June 28, 2018 ‘The Honorable Daniel Coats Director of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20511 Dear Director Coats: As members of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, we write to request a classified report detailing the analysis that the Trump Administration undertook before issuing its revised travel ban covering nationals of five majority Muslim countries, North Korea, and Venezuela. While its contents were never revealed to the Supreme Court, the report was used to successfully argue for the constitutionality of this policy and was cited in the majority opinion, Given that it reportedly includes an “extensive” analysis of information systems and the security situation in “every country in the world,” we believe that this document is of significant interest to our committees. In Trump v. Hawaii, the Administration asserted that the President’s travel ban resulted from an. extensive analysis conducted by multiple federal agencies and that “entry restrictions” were imposed pursuant to this evaluation. Subsequently, Chief Justice John Roberts cited this study in his majority opinion, noting that the President had acted within his legal authorities “based on his findings—following a worldwide, multi-agency review—that entry of the covered aliens would be detrimental to the national interest.” However, while the Administration claimed that the report in question includes an analysis of over 200 countries, it was later forced to admit that the entire document amounts to a mere 16 pages plus a one-page attachment. Based on the brevity of this report and President Trump’s ‘unwillingness to share it with the Court, we have serious concems about the thoroughness of the Administration's analysis and whether it was used to justify decisions that the President had already made. This analysis is clearly relevant to our responsibility to conduct oversight of national security policy. Please provide the report in classified or unclassified form by August 1 Thank you for your prompt attention to this request Sincerely, Ruben Gallego Member of Congress ‘Anthony G. Brown: oy O. Carbajal Member of Congress Member of Congress aa A. Vanald M Earle Mare A. Veasé A. Donald McEachin Member of Congress Member of Congress ce Un) CAD ric Swaly Member of Congress ember of Congress Niki Tsongas Member of Congress

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