Secretary of State Rex Tillerson repeatedly turned down requests from the State Department’s security staff to brief him during his first nine months in his role, according to a report.

In order to speak with Tillerson, Bill Miller, the acting secretary for diplomatic security, eventually cited a legal requirement passed by Congress that he have unrestricted access to the secretary of state, said a report from the New York Times.

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