国家情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫宣布情报界将会停止明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布卡尔周日在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说，他将亲自向国会介绍选举安全情况。
克洛布卡尔告诉美国广播公司首席白宫记者乔纳森卡尔:“我认为众议院将不得不传唤情报总监，以获得信息，这是疯狂的。”
拉特克利夫通知国会周六情报部门将亲自停止选举安全简报，理由是担心“未经授权披露敏感信息。”
新闻:“这是一个完全的暴行，”参议员艾米·克劳巴克说@jonkarl此前，ODNI称将停止现场选举安全简报，理由是担心泄密。
克洛布卡尔补充说，众议院将不得不“传唤”ODNI董事的信息。https://t.co/JRngKlISyXpic.twitter.com/1AYyHnt8gR
—本周(@ThisWeekABC)2020年8月30日
克劳巴克的评论来了作为对表演的回应国土安全部部长查德·沃尔夫在早些时候的“本周”采访中说，“我已经看到和其他人已经看到(机密)信息一再泄露。因此(拉特克利夫)表示，他将以书面形式向国会提供这些信息和简报，并继续向他们提供开展工作所需的信息。”
情报界周六的声明遭到了国会民主党人迅速而严厉的反对。
“我们离重大选举只有几个月的时间了，我已经经历过白宫阻挠我的两党选举安全法案的情况，该法案本可以在几年前帮助我们加强努力。所以，用议长南希·佩洛西的话说，当谈到白宫时，所有的路都通向普京。这正是这里正在发生的事情。”
本月早些时候，美国情报机构发表公开声明俄罗斯、中国和伊朗正试图在11月前干涉总统政治——俄罗斯正努力推动唐纳德·特朗普总统连任。
情报总监的这一宣布正值共和党全国代表大会本周结束之际，特朗普试图将美国城市的暴力事件与民主党联系起来。
“在美国许多民主党控制的城市的街道上都有暴力和危险。如果他们愿意，这个问题很容易解决。”
周四晚上，当卡尔询问克劳布卡尔对特朗普的支持者在离开白宫时受到示威者暗示的说法有何反应时，克劳布卡尔广泛批评了警方在威斯康星州克诺沙枪击手无寸铁的黑人雅各布·布莱克后发生的暴力事件。
“我一直谴责抢劫、暴力和威胁。这不是和平抗议，我不在乎谁在参与，你谴责它。当然，乔·拜登已经明确谴责了这种行为，但是让我们后退一步。这不仅仅发生在一个地方，而是发生在整个国家，在唐纳德·特朗普的监督下。”
“我一直谴责抢劫、暴力和威胁，”参议员艾米·克劳巴克说@jonkarl当被问及特朗普的支持者被抗议者质问、恐吓时。
“这是在唐纳德·特朗普的监督下发生的……在唐纳德·特朗普的美国，我们并不安全。”https://t.co/gye1TeV2svpic.twitter.com/t4MPgobOZh
—本周(@ThisWeekABC)2020年8月30日
在布莱克枪击事件后的冲突中，两名抗议者被打死，一名17岁的少年被指控死亡。
“在唐纳德·特朗普的美国，我们并不安全，”克劳巴克继续说道，他列举了仇恨犯罪的增加和令人震惊的冠状病毒死亡。“我们并不更安全。我认为乔·拜登有很强的理由做出改变，让这个国家变得更加安全。我们还没有见过这位总统。”
当卡尔向克洛布卡尔询问拜登政府将如何应对暴力时，这位明尼苏达州参议员说:“(我们需要)明确表示我们谴责暴力。”我们谴责抢劫。这种情况一再发生。”
最终，这位明尼苏达州参议员表示，特朗普将拜登与最近的暴力事件联系起来的策略只能起到“制造混乱”的作用
“我认为美国人，尤其是中西部的美国人...支持一个为他们工作的政府，他们会希望看到乔·拜登和卡马拉·哈里斯。他们不希望这种混乱再持续四年。”
'Complete outrage' over in-person election security briefings to Congress ceasing: Sen. Klobuchar
It is a "complete outrage" thatDirector of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced that theintelligence community will ceasein-person election security briefings to Congress, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.
"I think the House is going to have to subpoena the director of intelligence in order to get information, which is crazy," Klobuchar told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Ratcliffeinformed CongressSaturday that the intelligence community would cease in-personelectionsecurity briefings, citing concern over "unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information."
NEW: "It's a complete outrage," Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells@jonkarlafter ODNI says it will cease in-person election security briefings, citing concern over leaks.
Klobuchar adds that the House will have to "subpoena" the ODNI director for information.https://t.co/JRngKlISyXpic.twitter.com/1AYyHnt8gR
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)August 30, 2020
Klobuchar's comments cameas a response to actingHomeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf who said in an earlier "This Week" interview, "I have seen and others have seen (classified) information leaked time and time again. So what (Ratcliffe) indicated is he's going to provide that information and those briefings to Congress in a written, finished intelligence product and continue to provide them the information that they need to do their jobs."
The intelligence community's announcement Saturday was met with swift and stern backlash from congressional Democrats.
"We are just a few months out of a major election, and I have already experienced this White House blocking my bipartisan election security bill, which would have helped us years ago to beef up our efforts. So, in the words of Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi, when it comes to this White House, all roads lead to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. That is exactly what's going on here," Klobuchar told Karl.
Earlier this month, the U.S. intelligence communityreleased a public statementthat Russia, China and Iran are trying to interfere in presidential politics ahead of November -- with efforts by Russia to advance President Donald Trump's reelection.
The announcement from the director of intelligence comes as the Republican National Convention wrapped up this week, where Trump attempted to tie violence in American cities to the Democrats.
"There is violence and danger in the streets of many Democrat-run cities throughout America. This problem could easily be fixed if they wanted to," the president said during his keynote speech Thursday.
When Karl asked Klobuchar for her reaction to claims that Trump supporters were intimated by demonstrators while they left the White House Thursday night, Klobuchar broadly criticized violence following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
"I have long condemned looting, violence, threats. That's not peaceful protest, and I don't care who is engaging in it, you condemn it. And of course Joe Biden has clearly condemned it, but let's step back. This isn't just happening in one place, it's happening all over the country, it is happening under Donald Trump's watch," the Minnesota senator said.
“I have long condemned looting, violence, threats,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells@jonkarlwhen asked about Trump supporters confronted, intimidated by protesters.
“It is happening under Donald Trump’s watch … we are not safe in Donald Trump’s America.”https://t.co/gye1TeV2svpic.twitter.com/t4MPgobOZh
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)August 30, 2020
Among the clashes in the wake of Blake's shooting, two protesters were killed and a 17-year-old was charged in their deaths.
"We are not safe in Donald Trump's America," Klobuchar continued, citing an increase in hate crimes and the staggering coronavirus deaths. "We are not more safe. And I think Joe Biden has a very strong case to make about the changes he will make to make this country more safer. We have not seen this with this president."
When Karl pressed Klobuchar about what a potential Biden administration would do to confront violence, the Minnesota senator said, "(We need) to make very clear that we condemn violence. We condemn looting. And that has happened repeatedly."
Ultimately, the Minnesota senator said Trump's strategy to connect Biden to recent instances of violence only served to "wreak havoc."
"I think that Americans, especially in the Midwest ... favor a government that's going to work for them, they're going to want to see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They don't want four more years of this chaos," Klobuchar said.
