So in this situation, this was all handled above board. The Committee is staffed with former military and other counterintelligence officials, and leadership at the top for Republicans and Democrats on the Committee were aware. They followed every requirement by reporting this immediately. Congress has much more leeway when it comes to counterintelligence things than your regular run-of-the-mill agency, because we have them built into our apparatus.
This is why all of the Committees have at least one former or current counter-intelligence person on staff. I can see how it might look weird, but it was reported right away in the correct procedure.
So in this situation, this was all handled above board. The Committee is staffed with former military and other counterintelligence officials, and leadership at the top for Republicans and Democrats on the Committee were aware. They followed every requirement by reporting this immediately. Congress has much more leeway when it comes to counterintelligence things than your regular run-of-the-mill agency, because we have them built into our apparatus.
This is why all of the Committees have at least one former or current counter-intelligence person on staff. I can see how it might look weird, but it was reported right away in the correct procedure.