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The Post goes on to note that Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson has deemed the whistleblowers complaint to be a matter of urgent concern. That designation typically prompts Congressional oversight. But Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, has refused to disclose the particulars of the alleged incident moving some to question whether he is overstepping his bounds by shielding the president in this way.
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A traitor in the WH... This is more than a tad worrying...
brewens
(13,566 posts)and comes forward.
moondust
(19,972 posts)Because when the whistleblower channels don't work then leaking is the alternative and it may not be pretty.
Of course Snowy worked for a remote contractor so he didn't have much skin in the game. I assume the current whistleblower is a federal employee who would presumably know better than to leak tons of unrelated, unredacted classified intelligence that could compromise sources and methods and possibly get some people killed.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)A promise to provide information of some sort?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)Since this says "head of state", Russia would be the more likely of the two - Crown Prince Mohammed Bone Saw not actually being the head of state of SA, and he's who'd you'd expect Trump to promise shit to. Or a promise not to resist Russian interference in the 2020 election.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... could be a promise to extradite, could be a promise to execute or "disappear" him.
That's my theory anyway... other theories may be different.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)Israel and Bibi Net....... not a question in my mind.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)One of the two for sure
LudwigPastorius
(9,130 posts)Or, a promise to Kim Jong-un that the U.S. will pull its military from South Korea?
As a betting man, I'd take one of those as a proposition.