Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted) — page 72

DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com MS. SALAZAR: Kathy Brinsfield from ODNI? DR. BARIC: Less. Not somebody that I would recognize on the street. MS. SALAZAR: Why was ODNI on that call? DR. BARIC: I have no idea. MS. SALAZAR: Did they announce themselves? DR. BARIC: I have no recollection of that. MS. SALAZAR: And then Ian Watson from OSTP? DR. BARIC: I know him, yes. MS. SALAZAR: And then some National Academy members. Do you have any reason to believe that there were individuals from other agencies that were involved but not maybe overtly listed? DR. BARIC: I was surprised that the ODNI member was there. So if an ODNI member was there, there may have been more members from other intelligence groups there, as well, but they wouldn't have risen to my level of attention. MS. SALAZAR: Is that common for the National Academies? DR. BARIC: I've only been on a few committees. I don't recall that being common. MS. SALAZAR: Okay. DR. BARIC: I can't say for certain. I mean, National Academy does a lot of work with the Federal Government, so they could do much more sensitive research with different