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Posted on: October 1, 2019 at 10:18:01 CT
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http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/whistleblower-inspector-general-trump-ukraine-impeachment-conspiracy.html

Last Thursday, Sean Davis of the conservative news site The Federalist broke an explosive revelation. The Intelligence Community had secretly changed a requirement in its whistle-blower statute to allow whistle-blowers to report secondhand allegations, whereas firsthand knowledge had been required before. This suspicious rule change allegedly allowed the whistle-blower to accuse President Trump of misconduct despite lacking firsthand knowledge of said conduct. The shocking exposure of yet another Deep State plot quickly became the foundation for Trump’s defenders as they fanned out across the media.

“The hearsay rule was changed just a short period of time before the complaint was filed,” claimed Senator Lindsey Graham. The whistle-blower “has no firsthand knowledge,” charged Congressman Jim Jordan on CNN, and when host Jake Tapper noted that firsthand knowledge is not required to file a complaint, Jordan shot back that this was only “because they changed the form. You used to.” Meanwhile, Trump demanded, in all caps, “WHO CHANGED THE LONG STANDING WHISTLEBLOWER RULES JUST BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF THE FAKE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT?”

Then yesterday, the Intelligence Community’s inspector general, Trump appointee Michael Atkinson, posted a short statement online correcting Davis. Using heavily bureaucratized language and the patient and polite tone city officials use to assure the local gadfly that the water department is not sending alien nodes through his plumbing, the I.G. made a few basic points. First, the rules governing whistle-blowers have not changed. At all.



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This article was written for Sal - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 10:18:01
     Nobody suggested the rules governing whistle - Sal CMSU - 10/1 10:51:39
          yes they did - mgtiger MU - 10/1 11:48:48
          Uh....Look ITT - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 11:02:56
               what are the responses? (nm) - Sal CMSU - 10/1 11:06:00
     Wrong! They were changed in May, 2018 - Spanky KU - 10/1 10:22:02
          lol yeah stating the form was changed in 2018 - Sal CMSU - 10/1 11:06:46
          So Michael Atkinson is a liar? Is that what you're saying - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 10:43:00
               The whistle blower did not have first hand knowledge - Sal CMSU - 10/1 10:53:05
                    It's as if they are unable to read and understand the - Spanky KU - 10/1 10:54:49
                         You literally said the rules were changed and they weren't (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 11:03:10
                              the language was absolutely changed (nm) - Sal CMSU - 10/1 11:03:49
                                   wrong - mgtiger MU - 10/1 11:50:12
                                   RE: the language was absolutely changed (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 11:07:20
                                        It seems that he is confused - Sal CMSU - 10/1 11:08:49
                                             don't forget Atkinson is a swamp rat. he's knee deep in the - blake1771 KC - 10/1 11:28:58
                                                  He was appointed by Don(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 11:32:55
                                             Ah yes, he's the one who is confused - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 11:15:18
                                                  What did I say that was incorrect? (nm) - Sal CMSU - 10/1 11:31:25
                                                       Nothing changed. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/1 12:40:42
                                                            lol jfc (nm) - Sal CMSU - 10/1 13:23:34
                         Right, and they fail to acknowledge that the - Sal CMSU - 10/1 10:56:23




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