The file
Comey named him executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch on February 28, 2017. Comey told the Senate the NSB head was in the room for the Trump-encounter conversations. Feinstein wrote the name. Grassley wanted him interviewed on Comey’s firing, Clinton emails, Trump associates, and Russia.
Chuck Grassley, official Senate portrait, 2017. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio / Renee Bouchard. U.S. government work.
Oversight
Judiciary asked for a transcribed interview. DOJ refused, citing Mueller deconfliction. A request is not a finding. Primary Grassley letter and the Examiner/Fox/AP file. Not dumped again as the lead card below.
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building. Ajay Suresh, 21 June 2024. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Not a Ghattas face.
Role
FBI press: EOD 1997. Extraterritorial terrorism squad, Washington Field. Titles, not a conviction.
Role
FBI 2016 press: SAC of the Counterterrorism Division at Washington Field. Not SAC of the whole field office.
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building. Ajay Suresh, 21 June 2024. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Not a Ghattas face.
Role
FBI press: assistant director, Counterterrorism Division. He would oversee all FBI counterterrorism investigations.
James B. Comey. Federal Bureau of Investigation official portrait. U.S. government work. Not a Ghattas face.
Role
Comey’s FBI release. EAD, National Security Branch. Late February start. The title Grassley later used.
James B. Comey. Federal Bureau of Investigation official portrait. U.S. government work. Not a Ghattas face.
Comey’s testimony
SSCI transcript: “head of the National Security Branch.” Feinstein’s June 9 letter names Carl Ghattas. AP reported Comey named him.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
Oversight
Grassley letter: two refusals, then a conditioned offer. Scope: Comey firing, Clinton, Trump associates, Russia. Not a finding.
Departure
Duke and UNLV bios: retired July 2018. Examiner and New York Post, citing the Journal, listed the NSB EAD among 2018 exits.
Private sector
Duke/UNLV: EY GPS Cyber, 2018–2020. Booz Allen’s own pages: senior vice president, law enforcement portfolio.
United States Capitol, west front. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
Oversight list
Senate Judiciary vote 12–10. Carl Ghattas is on the named-witness list. A list is not a finding. He is not Strzok or Priestap.