Official who briefed Congress on Russia threat to remain in post
"Ambassador Grenell has not asked me to leave," Shelby Pierson said in a statement Tuesday.
Watch CBS News
Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News, where she has conducted news-making interviews with top American and foreign officials. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence, foreign policy and other security topics across CBS News broadcast, radio, online and streaming platforms. She was previously an Investigative Fellow with Hearst Newspapers, where her reporting team earned a Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism. Gazis received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and a master's degree with honors from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. She is a Fulbright Scholar. Gazis lives with her husband and their three children in Washington, D.C.
"Ambassador Grenell has not asked me to leave," Shelby Pierson said in a statement Tuesday.
There are conflicting accounts of what intelligence officials told a House panel recently, a briefing that infuriated Trump.
Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, is an outspoken supporter of the president.
Jason Klitenic, general counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will return to the private sector.
They focused in particular on the risks of using Chinese telecommunications company Huawei for emerging 5G technologies.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee cite the committee's lack of hearings on FISA abuse as the reason for their boycott.
The National Counterintelligence Strategy for 2020-2022 lists Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and North Korea as notable state adversaries.
The hearing serves as a rare opportunity for the leaders of largely clandestine organizations to publicly elaborate their major areas of concern.
The committee's report examines the Obama administration's response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
"We do not assess that any other country influenced the United States election in 2016 on the scale of what the Russians did," Shelby Pierson tells Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" this week.
Democrats released texts exchanged between Parnas and Rudy Giuliani and another set between Parnas and a staffer for Representative Devin Nunes.
The last public hearing on worldwide threats before the House Intelligence Committee took place in 2016.
Russia won't be the only country trying to meddle in the U.S. presidential election in 2020, an intelligence community official warns.
Microsoft released its patch on Tuesday.
The U.S. cybersecurity firm that discovered the breach said it could be an "early warning" of similar efforts to influence the upcoming presidential election.