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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT: Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump
Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html
WASHINGTON The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly in a briefing on Thursday to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between President Trump and a foreign leader, according to two people familiar with the briefing.
During a private session on Capitol Hill, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, told lawmakers he was unable to confirm or deny anything about the substance of the complaint, including whether it involved the president, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the closed-door conversation. The meeting was still underway.
The complaint, which prompted a standoff between Congress and Mr. Trumps top intelligence official, involves a commitment that Mr. Trump made in a communication with another world leader, according to a person familiar with the complaint. The Washington Post first reported the nature of the discussion. The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, has refused to give the complaint to Congress, as is generally required by law, the latest in a series of fights over information between the Democratic-led House and the White House.
Few details of the whistle-blower complaint are known, including the identity of the world leader. And it is not obvious how a communication between Mr. Trump and a foreign leader could meet the legal standards for a whistle-blower complaint that the inspector general would deem an urgent concern.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html
WASHINGTON The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly in a briefing on Thursday to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between President Trump and a foreign leader, according to two people familiar with the briefing.
During a private session on Capitol Hill, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, told lawmakers he was unable to confirm or deny anything about the substance of the complaint, including whether it involved the president, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the closed-door conversation. The meeting was still underway.
The complaint, which prompted a standoff between Congress and Mr. Trumps top intelligence official, involves a commitment that Mr. Trump made in a communication with another world leader, according to a person familiar with the complaint. The Washington Post first reported the nature of the discussion. The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, has refused to give the complaint to Congress, as is generally required by law, the latest in a series of fights over information between the Democratic-led House and the White House.
Few details of the whistle-blower complaint are known, including the identity of the world leader. And it is not obvious how a communication between Mr. Trump and a foreign leader could meet the legal standards for a whistle-blower complaint that the inspector general would deem an urgent concern.
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NYT: Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2019
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bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)1. That's my fear of why this ultimately won't go anywhere.
Nobody is going to be willing to talk. Its like the old mob code, you dont talk to the police, even if it means saving your own neck.
PSPS
(13,595 posts)2. Another "acting director"
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)3. Must be big
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)4. Add on another count of obstructing justice.
By not reporting it to the proper channels, they're violating federal law.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. Dip, dip. dip . . .
I'm pretty sure many Americans do not feel too safe.