Is the Trump administration squelching a whistleblower — and a major scandal?

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“A month ago, a whistleblower within the intelligence community lawfully filed a complaint regarding a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law, or deficiency within the responsibility or authority of the Director of National Intelligence," Schiff said in a statement. The IC IG first notified the committee of the whistleblower complaint on Sept. 9. The next day, Schiff requested a full, unredacted copy of the complaint, the ICIG's findings related to the matter, and all records connected to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) involvement, "including any and all correspondence with other Executive Branch actors including the White House."

In what may be the clearest example yet of obstruction in the Trump administration, acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, in direct contradiction to an unambiguous rule worked out in the wake of Watergate, is refusing to hand over the whistleblower’s complaint to Congress. The ODNI officially declined the Intelligence Committee's request on Friday, saying that Maguire is withholding the complaint in part because it "involves confidentially and potentially privileged communications by persons outside the Intelligence Community." But the statutory mandate being ignored by Maguire was specifically intended to deny intelligence officials this kind of discretion — that is, they're not supposed to keep Congress from hearing whistleblower reports, or to let the officials implicated in any allegations unilaterally decide to bury them.

 

https://www.salon.com/2019/09/16/is-the-trump-administration-squelching-a-whistleblower-and-a-major-scandal/

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Librulz surveyed said “YES!!!!!  YES THEY ARE!!!!! MAKE UP THE STORY AND PUBLISH!!!!!!  PUBLISH NOW!!!!!!!!”

 

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