It was widely known that in order to submit an ICIG whistleblower report that the information had to be firsthand knowledge. No hearsay or gossip was permitted. It was stated unequivocally that submitting second-hand knowledge would result in the complaint being rejected.
As Sean Davis at The Federalist noted,
“The [Intelligence Community Inspector General] cannot transmit information via the ICPWA based on an employee’s second-hand knowledge of wrongdoing,” the previous form stated under the bolded heading “FIRST-HAND INFORMATION REQUIRED.” “This includes information received from another person, such as when an employee informs you that he/she witnessed some type of wrongdoing.”
“If you think that wrongdoing took place, but can provide nothing more than second-hand or unsubstantiated assertions, [the Intelligence Community Inspector General] will not be able to process the complaint or information for submission as an ICWPA,” the form concluded.
Last week the Federalist identified that the ICIG had recently changed its form for submitting whistleblower reports of “urgent concern” to allow for hearsay and gossip. According to the form this change took place sometime “in August.”
The internal properties of the newly revised “Disclosure of Urgent Concern” form, show that the document was uploaded on September 24, 2019, at 4:25 p.m., just days before the anti-Trump complaint was declassified and released to the public. Keep in mind that the “whistleblower” complaint was filed with the ICIG on AUGUST 12, 2019 using the previous form. The ICIG now admits the form was changed after the complaint was received,
Davis at The Federalist notes,
The document itself is riddled not with evidence directly viewed by the complainant, but repeated references to what anonymous officials allegedly told the complainant: “I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials,” “officials have informed me,” “officials with direct knowledge of the call informed me,” “the White House officials who told me this information,” “I was told by White House officials,” “the officials I spoke with,” “I was told that a State Department official,” “I learned from multiple U.S. officials,” “One White House official described this act,” “Based on multiple readouts of these meetings recounted to me,” “I also learned from multiple U.S. officials,” “The U.S. officials characterized this meeting,” “multiple U.S. officials told me,” “I learned from U.S. officials,” “I also learned from a U.S. official,” “several U.S. officials told me,” “I heard from multiple U.S. officials,” and “multiple U.S. officials told me.”
Monica Showalter over at American Thinker reported,
It is incredible that the ICIG did not believe it would be a good idea to compare the report with the actual transcript. Was the ICIG afraid that this would destroy what little credibility House Democrats have at this point?
All this brings back Sen. Chuck Schumer speaking of in glee, in response to then-president-elect Trump’s criticism of U.S. intelligence agencies.
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,”
This is quite a bit more than “six ways from Sunday.”
Sundance over at CTH outlined a reasonable scenario for what is happening:
What is occurring is becoming clear…
After the 2018 mid-terms, and in preparation for the House “impeachment” strategy, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler hired Lawfare Group members to become committee staff.
Chairman Schiff hired former SDNY U.S. Attorney Daniel Goldman (link), and Chairman Nadler hired Obama Administration lawyer Norm Eisen and criminal defense attorney Barry Berke (link), all are within the Lawfare network. [You probably saw Berke questioning former Trump campaign chairman Corey Lewandowski.]
It now looks like the Lawfare network constructed the Schiff Dossier, and handed it to allied CIA operative Michael Barry to file as a formal IC complaint. This process is almost identical to the Fusion-GPS/Lawfare network handing the Steele Dossier to the FBI to use as the evidence for the 2016/2017 Russia conspiracy.
This series of events is exactly what former CIA Analyst Fred Fleiz said last week. Fleitz has extensive knowledge of the whistleblower process. Fleitz said last week the Ukraine call whistleblower is likely driven by political motives, and his sources indicate he had help from Congress members while writing it. WATCH:
All this stinks to high heaven. What is interesting though, is the fact that the still unknown “whistleblower” had to resort to fiction to file the report. This suggests that PDJT runs a tight ship, has in place strong and trustworthy leaders in top positions and has taken precautions to prevent leaks. The apparent firing of an AUSA recently for leaking grand jury testimony lends some more credence to this idea.
It would appear that the coup plotters still cannot anticipate correctly what PDJT will do. Clearly they did not expect that the President would release a transcript of the call that blows the whole narrative out of the water.
The battle for freedom and liberty in this country is now joined. President Trump stands with the people against the media and their allies in the Democratic Party.
The storm is here.
