124 STAT. 2712 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 authorities and responsibilities of the Director as are, in the judg- ment of the Inspector General, necessary or desirable. ‘‘(B) The Inspector General shall have access to any employee, or any employee of a contractor, of any element of the intelligence community needed for the performance of the duties of the Inspector General. ‘‘(C) The Inspector General shall have direct access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommenda- tions, or other materials that relate to the programs and activities with respect to which the Inspector General has responsibilities under this section. ‘‘(D) The level of classification or compartmentation of informa- tion shall not, in and of itself, provide a sufficient rationale for denying the Inspector General access to any materials under subparagraph (C). ‘‘(E) The Director, or on the recommendation of the Director, another appropriate official of the intelligence community, shall take appropriate administrative actions against an employee, or an employee of a contractor, of an element of the intelligence community that fails to cooperate with the Inspector General. Such administrative action may include loss of employment or the termi- nation of an existing contractual relationship. ‘‘(3) The Inspector General is authorized to receive and inves- tigate, pursuant to subsection (h), complaints or information from any person concerning the existence of an activity within the authorities and responsibilities of the Director of National Intel- ligence constituting a violation of laws, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety. Once such complaint or information has been received from an employee of the intelligence community— ‘‘(A) the Inspector General shall not disclose the identity of the employee without the consent of the employee, unless the Inspector General determines that such disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the investigation or the disclo- sure is made to an official of the Department of Justice respon- sible for determining whether a prosecution should be under- taken; and ‘‘(B) no action constituting a reprisal, or threat of reprisal, for making such complaint or disclosing such information to the Inspector General may be taken by any employee in a position to take such actions, unless the complaint was made or the information was disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity. ‘‘(4) The Inspector General shall have the authority to admin- ister to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit, whenever necessary in the performance of the duties of the Inspector General, which oath, affirmation, or affidavit when administered or taken by or before an employee of the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community designated by the Inspector General shall have the same force and effect as if administered or taken by, or before, an officer having a seal. ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Inspector General is authorized to require by subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including electronically
