Rep. Adam Schiff: The whistleblower wants to speak

[George II]

Source: CNN

Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, just tweeted that the whistleblower's attorney has informed the committee that he would like to testify.

The testimony, he said, could happen as soon as this week.

Link to tweet

About the whistleblower's complaint: CNN had earlier reported, citing a source familiar with the case, that the complaint was prompted by concerns over communications between the President and a foreign leader. The alleged whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge of the communications that partly prompted the complaint to the inspector general, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Thursday.

Instead, the whistleblower's concerns came in part from learning information that was not obtained during the course of their work, and those details have played a role in the administration's determination that the complaint didn't fit the reporting requirements under the intelligence whistleblower law, the official said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-ukraine-09-24-2019/h_d06dbee5cbade1329751397bc46f7166

[bearsfootball516]

1. This is getting FASTRACKED!!

[George II]

2. Tough to keep up with everything that's happened the last few hours.

[calimary]

23. It better be. We're running out of time.

[Mike 03]

3. This is going to put the acting DNI in the crucible

What will the DNI do on Thursday? Will he even show up? Will the whistleblower testify instead?

[elleng]

4. Concerned acting DNI won't cooperate;

hope not consequential.

[lark]

5. Not so good - acting DNI is one who said there's nothing to see or know about this.

He's drumpfs' stooge all the way, so asking him is a deal killer and I wonder why it's being done because he certainly knows he will be fired or jailed (these fuckers are mean) if he speaks out.

[ffr]

6. BOOM! Better start working on your excuses Moscow Mitch!

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Remember these days, DUer.

You are part of a most important history.

[DeminPennswoods]

16. This will be twice in

my lifetime. First Nixon/Watergate/Church Commission era, now Trump and his criminal enterprise.

[Kid Berwyn]

17. We were at a Benton Harbor park on the bluff above Lake Michigan...

...about 30 high schoolers entering our senior year, tossing Frisbees and enjoying summer when the news came.

We were so happy at Tricky Dick’s resignation. We actually thought that the era of corrupt warmongers was over.

Older, but wiser, here’s to better days, DeminPennswoods!

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Indeed!

Never thought I'd live to see another impeachment for things as serious as Nixon did, that's for sure.

[csziggy]

19. This reminds me of the day we learned about the White House tapes

Nixon never recovered from that revelation, much less the contents.

[Kali]

33. hey!

are you still traveling? how is it going? I keep watching the Lounge to see if you have posted about your trip. got my first knee done in July, and your stories helped me get through it!

[csziggy]

34. I'm in London tonight! We're only a block from the British Museum

We spent time at the Royal Mews, looking at the Queen's horses and carriages, then off to the British Museum, back there again, and a day each at the Victoria & Albert and the Natural History Museum. Tomorrow it's back to those two to catch things we missed and maybe the Science Museum.

Tried to hook up with Soph but our schedules didn't mesh. Thursday we head off to Oxford, then Wales.

My blog is weeks behind but you can check it out at http://www.woodswell.com/wp It's hard to post in Scotland - too many places with no internet or cell phone service. Then when we got to England my laptop got bricked. I had to get a new one and get the stuff set back up for posting. Plus I was sick for about a week - still got to sight-see but was just too tired to write. My husband blames it on the 500 pictures a day I'm taking - he's only exaggerating a little. So far I've taken about 8,000 pictures.

Good news about your knee. Hope it has healed well. By now you should be getting around on it pretty good. When is the other one scheduled?

[Kali]

36. sounds like such a great trip

started your blog and will get back to it, thanks for the link!

I had a set back with the knee on my second day of PT (ripped a short part of the incision open and had to take an ambulance ride to the ER) which then led to the discovery of a small infection in a different location. I ended up spending 2 1/2 weeks laying around on my back on a couple of different antibiotics. in August. in a house with no AC. it was kind of rough, but all OK now. so different to be able to walk on that leg with no pain. regained 0 degrees extension (it had been stuck at ~ 10 degrees for three years) and about 120 flex, hope to keep working to get that a little better as it can feel kind of stiff in the pool. trying to decide when to do the next. I am pretty much mentally and physically ready but have a lot to catch up on around here. until yesterday's rain I was afraid we were going to have to do a major herd reduction but we are safe now. may try in November, otherwise January. I never used a cane, just skipped over that. The walker started getting in my way in the house and I was constantly leaving it behind. for me it was like those stories of folks getting a bypass and suddenly being so much better. I mean I didn't suddenly turn skinny and 20 again, but it is still a vast improvement!

[csziggy]

37. Sorry to hear about the problems but glad you are better!

I don't know how you made it through the no AC time. I can no longer tolerate much temperature variation, either hot or cold. You are much tougher than I am!

The major reason I did both knees the same year was that I reached my maximum out of pocket total with the first one. Plus, I did the "better" knee first and the second was so much worse by the time I healed, I was ready for another operation right away.

Yeah, the walker never really helped by the time I finish in-patient physical therapy. I'd use it in public to make people keep out of my way and so no one hassled me when I used my temporary handicap permit (the one the surgeon insisted on and that I only used when my husband didn't drive me).

Oh, hell - I KNOW what it is like to have a heart procedure and suddenly feel so much better! Remember, in 2017 I had an aortic valve replacement with a minimally invasive procedure? A week after the operation I went for a long walk with my husband, something I'd planned to do after my knee replacements but couldn't because I felt as though I couldn't breath. The knees were a relief from pain, the heart reinvigorated me since I was getting more oxygen throughout my body.

Take care - and I am glad you don't have to cut your herd.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. My spidey sense says this is not some

career civil servant, but someone who is/was much higher up, perhaps it is Dan Coates as at least one journalist/analyst speculated.

[OKNancy]

9. I wrote in another thread that I think Trump releasing the transcript

is why the person wants to go before Congress. He/She thinks the release is an attempted whitewash and not the full story.

[George II]

11. Sadly, I hope that's the case. I hope he waters down the transcript and digs the hole even deeper.

[Marthe48]

15. will he use a Sharpie?

n/t

[yaesu]

30. nixon tried that trick, it didn't work well for him. nt

[BigmanPigman]

10. This is way better than getting the transcripts.

[Lib 4 Life]

12. it might be bolton

[NurseJackie]

13. And... BOOM!!

[George II]

14. I love that graphic, can't see it enough.

[blaze]

21. Might as well enjoy the full clip!!

[George II]

22. Thank you, that's priceless. And a reminder of what a REAL President and First Lady look like!

[calimary]

25. That's GREAT!

[Scarsdale]

20. Finally, someone

who puts country before party. Quite a feat for a gop cult member. If he worked in the WH, he certainly was not a (D). John Dean from the Watergate trial thinks Barr, Pence, Guilliani and others need to be removed from office, too. The entire lawless gang needs to be made to face their crimes against the USA.

[NBachers]

24. "The alleged whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge of the communications"

This tempers my enthusiasm a bit.

It's only Tuesday. There's a lot more week left to go.

[peggysue2]

26. Yes, what does that even mean?

If he didn't have direct knowledge how was the complaint even sourced? Or is this more gaslighting by the usual suspects? And suddenly Trump is more than happy to turn over the transcript? You know that's only if he believes he can wriggle out of the on-going scandal.

Something wicked this way comes.

[George II]

28. I think that's one of trump's "officials", who may just be spinning.

[erronis]

31. Or it may be someone who has a very deep and broad knowledge of everything in the IC

Intelligence Community.

The whistleblower doesn't need to be the actual person who witnessed the perfidy, just someone who know about it and can verify it.

This, to me, is even better.

[ginnyinWI]

32. I take it to mean that

they didn't get the information on the job, but some other way. A loophole that the DNI sought to use to try to deny the WB's report.

[McKim]

27. A Real Hero or Heroine!!!

This whistleblower is a hero or heroine in my eyes. Here is someone that puts our country first.

[blakstoneranger]

29. This is all A Big Joke on the Media and Democrats

Why would the whistleblower consult with the DNI when the DNI is consulting with barr and trump. The DNI turned the complaint over to Barr and Barr blocked it. The DNI should have sent the complaint directly to congress. So why would you trust any of them? Either the whistleblower is being controlled by barr or this is all a big joke on the media and democrats!!

[jcgoldie]

38. Lol

You've followed all the shit that has come out and thats your conclusion?

Hmmm... interesting.