§4834 Security Review Committee Findings and Report

Summary

The Security Review Committee must look over the investigation report required under section 4833(b) and all other evidence about any Serious Security Incident at a U.S. mission abroad. It must write down whether the event was security related and met the definition of a Serious Security Incident. If the incident involved a diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission facility, the Committee must say if security systems, countermeasures, and procedures worked as intended and whether they reduced the attack or were inadequate. If the incident involved officers doing an approved operation away from the mission, the Committee must say whether the operation was properly reviewed and the risks were weighed, but it should not assign blame unless it finds an official broke a duty. The Committee must also report on how intelligence or threat information affected the situation and note any other facts important to mission security. Within 60 days after getting the investigation report, the Committee must send its findings and any recommendations to the Secretary of State. Within 90 days after that, the Secretary must give a copy to these congressional committees: Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. If the investigation team finds reasonable cause to believe someone (as described in section 4833(a)(2)(D)) failed in or broke a duty, it must tell the Security Review Committee. If the Committee agrees there is reasonable cause, it must report that to the Secretary for appropriate action.