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Home Front: Politix
Senior Intel Officials Criticize Adam Schiff's Letter To Director Richard Grenell, Pressing Him Over ODNI Personnel Changes
2020-04-08
Ric Grenell's cleaning house and Pencilneck doesn't like it
[Daily Caller] House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff
...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...
sent a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell raising concerns over his recent "organizational and personnel changes" at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a move which senior intelligence officials criticized in comments to Daily Caller.

One intelligence official noted that letters sent to ODNI by the Senate Intelligence Committee include signatures from both Chairman Richard Burr and Ranking Member Mark Warner and, often times, additional Senators from both parties. Schiff’s letter, the official pointed out, was sent from his office alone, without the notarization of Ranking Member Devin Nunes.

"The [ODNI] staffers are so sick and tired of [Schiff] politicizing the intelligence community for his own gain," the official told Daily Caller. "Notice how he sent the letter to the media before he sent it to ODNI."

A second intelligence official declined to directly comment on Schiff’s letter but told Daily Caller that the Senate Intelligence Committee had not told Grenell and ODNI to refrain from making any personnel decisions, despite some media reports.

Schiff’s letter in particular singles out the recent replacement of the Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Russ Travers with Lara Shioa, the first woman ever-tapped to lead the nation’s counterterrorism efforts.

"President Trump did not nominate you for confirmation as permanent DNI, and it would be inappropriate for you to pursue any additional leadership, organizational, or staffing changes to ODNI during your temporary tenure," the letter reads. "Any effort, moreover, to remove or otherwise institute personnel actions against apolitical career officers based on their perceived loyalty to the President would contravene civil services protections."

The letter further calls on Grenell to inform the committee in writing by April 16 of all past and potential personnel changes at ODNI and the reasons for undertaking them. The letter also calls for Grenell to turnover any communications between ODNI and the White House regarding the departures of Travers and former Acting Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Peter Hall.
Posted by:Frank G

#4  If we find out something seriously embarrassing about Schiff, I'll know this is real.

Otherwise, it's just "social distancing" kabuki.
Posted by: charger   2020-04-08 15:53  

#3  Speedbump Schitt strikes me as a worse than "Useless Idiot.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-04-08 10:23  

#2  Schitt getting the "no longer helpful" stamp from the Deep State. Interesting times, for sure...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-04-08 10:15  

#1  Separation of powers sport
Nothing you can do about it except complain
Maybe this Travers guy was a Schiff informant?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2020-04-08 07:47  

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