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demmiblue

(39,457 posts) Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:03 PM Yesterday

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one [Sen. Wyden to CIA] public unless they feel a paper trail...

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

h/t Sahil Kapur
— Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:52:57.870Z

This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:53:51.413Z

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Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one [Sen. Wyden to CIA] public unless they feel a paper trail... (Original Post) demmiblue Yesterday OP

He can't tell the public what the letter is about FakeNoose Yesterday #1

I'm guessing that it has something to do with this: demmiblue Yesterday #2

Yup. Hope that whistleblower is well hidden/protected. erronis Yesterday #3

Whoa! Is the whistleblower a government employee? FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #6

I'm not sure what it is, but there is something very funky going on here. It smells of Trump and Putin. flashman13 Yesterday #4

Also to make sure they don't claim they didn't get it. Good move Raven123 Yesterday #5

probably not great that every natsec-adjacent reporter has spent the last 24 hours going "ron wyden expert here... demmiblue 8 hrs ago #7

FakeNoose

(40,668 posts)

1. He can't tell the public what the letter is about

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:07 PM

Yesterday

... BUT he wants to make sure that we all know there IS a letter and it MUST BE important.

demmiblue

(39,457 posts)

2. I'm guessing that it has something to do with this:

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:15 PM

Yesterday

Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesnâ€™t respond by Friday.
— Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T16:09:06.425Z

Or something else Tulsi-related.

erronis

(23,080 posts)

3. Yup. Hope that whistleblower is well hidden/protected.

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:38 PM

Yesterday

FakeNoose

(40,668 posts)

6. Whoa! Is the whistleblower a government employee?

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:47 PM

23 hrs ago

It doesn't seem to pertain to what's going on in Minneapolis currently.
This dates back to last June....

Screenshots 1 & 2:

Shit's getting real.

flashman13

(2,211 posts)

4. I'm not sure what it is, but there is something very funky going on here. It smells of Trump and Putin.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:07 PM

Yesterday

Raven123

(7,645 posts)

5. Also to make sure they don't claim they didn't get it. Good move

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:31 PM

Yesterday

demmiblue

(39,457 posts)

7. probably not great that every natsec-adjacent reporter has spent the last 24 hours going "ron wyden expert here...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:00 PM

8 hrs ago

probably not great that every natsec-adjacent reporter has spent the last 24 hours going "ron wyden expert here, this is not cute, ron wydens only do this when they're very distressed"
— Tom Phillips (@tom-phillips.com) 2026-02-05T18:44:20.554Z

Spencer Ackerman
‪@attackerman.bsky.social‬

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

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