22-26840-F.8

The materials in FOIA 22-26840-F.8 are a selective, not necessarily all-inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials. 

FOIA 22-26840-F.8 requested materials related to all requests for information, analyses, summaries, assessments, transcripts, or similar records submitted to any Intelligence Community member agency or any officer, employee, or representative thereof by former National Security Advisor Susan Rice regarding any actual or suspected effort by the Russian government or any individual acting on behalf of the Russian government to influence or otherwise interfere with the 2016 presidential election, from January 1, 2016 to January 20, 2017.

This FOIA primarily emails sent to or from Susan Rice related to cybersecurity and Russia’s involvement in influencing the 2016 election. All of the material proposed for opening is unclassified.

1 folder, approximately 153 pages

  • Electronic Records

The materials in FOIA 22-26840-F.8 are a systematic body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials.  

Documents responsive to this FOIA were found in these collection areas – National Security Council - Classified Electronic Records

Classified Obama Presidential Electronic Records are a unique segment preserved in an electronic system separate from the Electronic Records Archive (ERA). The records are processed by topic, printed, and filed in folders. Folders are arranged by data set and thereunder by date.

Classified Obama Presidential Electronic Records contain electronic records created or received by members of the White House staff, as well as the Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction. These frequently classified records document the daily constitutional and statutory duties carried out by the Obama administration and include record types such as email, email attachments, Night Notes, and cables. 

The following is a list of documents, folders, and electronic search results lists (SRLs) that were processed in response to FOIA 22-26840-F.8:

Textual Records

Classified Obama Presidential Electronic Records

     National Security Council - Classified Electronic Records

          National Security Council Top Secret Emails 2016

               [Emails to Susan Rice, Search 1]

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivists, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.