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Home Front: Politix
Intel Community IG Stonewalling Congress On Backdated Whistleblower Rule Changes
2019-10-08
[The Federalist] Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for U.S. intelligence agencies, acknowledged that his office secretly changed key whistleblower forms and rules in September, but refused to explain to lawmakers why those changes were backdated to August.

In tense testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on Friday, the inspector general for federal spy agencies refused to disclose why his office backdated secret changes to key whistleblower forms and rules in the wake of an anti-Trump whistleblower complaint filed in August, sources told The Federalist.

As The Federalist reported and the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) confirmed, the spy watchdog secretly changed its whistleblower forms and internal rules in September to eliminate a requirement that whistleblowers provide first-hand evidence to support any allegations of wrongdoing. In a press release last week, the ICIG confessed that it changed its rules in response to an anti-Trump complaint filed on August 12. That complaint, which was declassified and released by President Donald Trump in September, was based entirely on second-hand information, much of which was shown to be false following the declassification and release of a telephone conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general, told HPSCI lawmakers during a committee oversight hearing on Friday that the whistleblower forms and rules changes were made in September, even though the new forms and guidance, which were not uploaded to the ICIG’s website until September 24, state that they were changed in August. Despite having a full week to come up with explanations for his office’s decisions to secretly change its forms to eliminate the requirement for first-hand evidence and to backdate those changes to August, Atkinson refused to provide any explanation to lawmakers baffled by his behavior.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Atkinson is recent ex-FBI.
Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889   2019-10-08 13:58  

#6  Transfer them all to Alaska, no internet, all paper. Make it a black site so no cell phones etc either.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-10-08 12:16  

#5  Time to decorate some lamp posts with deep state intel people.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-10-08 08:50  

#4  Shitshow, Part 116.

What a complete farce. Duct tape and rubber bands everywhere.

These idiots can't even hide their fingerprints.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-08 07:52  

#3  Off with their heads.
Posted by: Dale   2019-10-08 02:15  

#2  https://youtu.be/xr0ckmHQSoA
Posted by: Dale   2019-10-08 02:14  

#1  Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for U.S. intelligence agencies, acknowledged that his office secretly changed key whistleblower forms and rules in September, but refused to explain to lawmakers why those changes were backdated to August.

Lemme guess please.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-10-08 01:45  

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