relate to the intelligence community. at least the general practice i follow as dni with respect to counterintelligence investigations. when the intelligence community obtains information suggesting that a u.s. person is acting on behalf of a foreign power, the standard procedure is to share that information with the lead investigatory body chrks is the fbi. the bureau then decides whether to lock sbo that information and handles any ensuing investigation, it if there is one. given the sensitivity, given the existence of an investigation held at the highest levels. during my tenure as dni, it was my practice to defer to the fbi director, both director muller and director comey on whether, when and to what extent they would inform me about such investigations. this stems from the unique position of the fbi, which both