Rybicki Testimony: Professor of [redacted] Law School hired by Comey for "Going Dark" initiative P169-171 "Mr. Parmiter.  All right.  I'm going to show you one more document here, which we're going to mark as exhibit 8.    Mr. Rybicki.  Thank you.   [Rybicki Exhibit No. 8 Was marked for identification.]   Mr. Parmiter.  Do you recognize that document?   Mr.  Rybicki.   I don't readily recognize it, but it appears to be an email, again, with the same talking  points and me forwarding it to .   Mr. Parmiter.  Who is [Redacted]? Mr. Rybicki. [Redacted]  was a special government employee of the FBI, who  --  he's a professor at  --  the institution  popped out of my head, in New York.    Mr. Parmiter.  [Redacted] Law School?    Mr. Rybicki.  [Redacted] Law School.    A professor at [Redacted] Law School, who served as a special government employee to the FBI.    Mr.  Parmiter.   Okay.    So what is a special government  employee?   Mr.  Rybicki.   It is a designation,  so it's an unpaid position.   I don't know all of the parameters surrounding it.  So he had a memorandum of understanding and was  working on various projects for the FBI.  He had a clearance and badge access to the building, but didn't --  you know,  he didn't work full  time or, you know, have an office in the building, that type of thing.   Mr. Parmiter.  And what were the circumstances that led to Mr. [Redacted] being a  --  being brought onboard as a special government employee? Mr.  Rybicki.   Director Comey had asked to bring him on to help with some special projects.   Mr.  Parmiter.   Is that fairly frequent?    I mean, is that  a rare occurrence or is it a frequent occurrence that special government employees come on at the behest of the Director?   Mr.  Rybicki.   He was the only  one that we brought  on during the time.   Mr. Parmiter.  Are you aware of any other special government employees at the FBI at any time?   Mr. Rybicki.  I am not.   Mr. Parmiter.  Okay.  What was the nature of Director Comey's sort of relationship with Mr. [Redacted] while he was at the FBI?    Mr. Rybicki.  I don't know if it would be fair for me to characterize it.  I don't know the extent of their communications.  Again, he was brought on to work  on some special projects, mostly in an advisory capacity, but I don't know it'd be fair for me to characterize.   Mr.  Parmiter.   Were any of the special projects the investigation we've been talking about today?   Mr.  Rybicki.   No.    The biggest special  project was the Going Dark initiative. " Hmmmm.  This was interesting to me because I recall something about Comey leaking a letter or something to a professor regarding the Trump investigation stuff.  Could this be that guy? And, what is this "Going Dark" initiative?  I found the below, but have not read it, cuz as I have mentioned before, I am a slow reader. Will read and comment further later, but if anyone wishes to go ahead before me, feel free. "Going Dark" initiative mini-dig:  http://www.georgewythereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Fall_2018_Johnson.pdf