Schiff schedules public hearing with US intel chief
By Rebecca Klar - 01/16/20 05:56 PM EST
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has called on the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to testify at a public hearing next month over security threats facing the U.S. and its allies.
The invitation seeking testimony from acting DNI Joseph Maguire
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comes amid reports that intelligence officials are trying to persuade Congress from dropping the public portion of the annual World Wide Threat Hearing after backlash from President Trump last year.
Schiff sent a letter Thursday inviting Maguire to testify at a public hearing before the Intelligence Committee on Feb. 12, followed by a closed hearing for the panel later the same day.
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