Jameel Jaffer
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![Due to the workload, the requirement to review all 5,000
individuals on the Canary Mission Website, the assembly of the
Tiger Team required analysts be taken off of the
“Counterintelligence Unit, the Counterterrorism Intelligence
Unit, from the Cyber Intelligence Unit, from the Global Trade
Intelligence Unit, from all different parts of HSI
intelligence.” Trial Tr. vol. II, 106:16-21, Jul. 9, 2025.15
15 According to AD Hatch, the Tiger Team was needed because
“the normal unit or section or group of analysts . . . operating
in [the] normal organizational construct couldn’t handle that
workload.” Id. 111:3-5. When asked about deadlines, AD Hatch
responded, “We are an organization or an agency that, um, in a
world where . . . taking months to do things is not acceptable.
So, yeah, it -- we were not -- I was not going to be allowed to
say we've got 5 -- well you know a small number of analysts on
this, it's going to take them 6 months to get through 5,000
names. I was not given a deadline. But I knew from how we were organized and how we worked that we needed to work through this
expeditiously.” Id. 111:10-18. The Court takes no position as
to the Public Officials’ prioritization of HSI’s resources in
this manner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiflismim6wpkqmcv5dg2xnfvdyfd6pg3w6h3kks4khnbkj4qqqihu@jpeg)