[6] On March 11, 2014, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, confirmed that copies of portions of the review had been removed and transferred to a safe in the Senate's Hart Office Building.
Feinstein also said that the CIA's acting general counsel, later identified as Robert Eatinger, requested the FBI conduct a criminal inquiry into the committee staff's behavior.
"[11] In response to Feinstein's speech, global surveillance leaker Edward Snowden said that it was "clear" the CIA was trying to play "keep away" with the Panetta Review, and he also compared Feinstein to German chancellor Angela Merkel for what he saw as hypocrisy for complaining about the CIA allegedly spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee while supporting mass surveillance programs by the National Security Agency.
[14] On July 31, 2014, the CIA confirmed that it had improperly gained access to the Senate Intelligence Committee's computer network via a report from its own Inspector General.
[15] CIA director John O. Brennan had previously denied this, adding, "When the facts come out on this, I think a lot of people who are claiming that there has been this tremendous sort of spying and monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong.