§3235 Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information

Summary

Covered officials must send reports at least every 6 months to the congressional intelligence committees about any probe into classified information that was given to a journalist or media group without permission. Covered officials are the heads of each intelligence agency and the inspectors general who oversee those agencies. An investigation is any inquiry into whether such a unauthorized public disclosure occurred. Each report must say how many such investigations were opened, how many were finished, and of the finished ones how many were sent to the Attorney General for a criminal review. At least every 6 months, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, working with the FBI Director, must send reports to the congressional intelligence committees and to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees about referrals the intelligence community sent to the Justice Department. That report must cover referrals from the past 365 days and any referral still open. For each referral it must list the date received, whether the Justice Department found the disclosure was real, the highest classification level revealed, whether a criminal investigation is active, whether charges were filed, and whether the disclosure was tied to a person or group. Reports must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.