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Understand that your client seeks guidance on how to contact and directly share information with the congressional intelligence committees in a manner consistent with appropriate security practices. because your client's complaint involves confidential and potentially privileged communications by persons outside the intelligence community, the president, we are consulting with other executive branch stakeholders before transmitting to you the guidance sought. we understand the time-sensitive nature of your request and expect that we will be able to provide actionable guidance soon. in other wo...

As far as the office of the director of national intelligence is concerned, this whistleblower complaint, quote, does not fall within the statutory definition of an urgent concern, meaning you're not going to be protected by this process. but then it gets really interesting. the dni's letter says, quote, notwithstanding the inapplicability of the statute, it actually says statue but i think he means statute. "notwithstanding the inapplicability of the statute to the present situation, we understand that your client seeks guidance on how to contact and directly share information with the congre...

To contact the congressional intelligence committees directly. accordingly i request direction on doing so in accordance with appropriate security practices. i thank you in advance for your time and attention to this matter and i look forward to your forthcoming guidance. so that's dated today, a letter from the whistleblower's lawyer to the dni, the director of national intelligence. the director of national intelligence has now written back in a letter that's dated today. it starts off by saying that as far as the office of the director of national intelligence is concerned, this whistleblow...

Even though the director of national intelligence was under no obligation to transmit complaints that did not meet the definition of urgent concern or were not credible, even those complaints were routinely forwarded to the intelligence committees. the inspector general added, "past practice permitted complainants in the intelligence community to contact the congressional intelligence y committees directly in an authorized and protected manner as intended by the urgent concern statue. i am continuing my efforts to obtain direction from the acting dni regarding how the complainant may bring the...

Of the most significant and important of the dni's responsibilities to the american people. in addition, it appears to me that the acting dni has no present intention of providing direction to the complainant through me on how the complainant can contact the congressional intelligence committees directly in accordance with appropriate security practices." leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi from illinois. he's a member of the house intelligence committee and the house oversight committee. today he attended the house intelligence committee briefing w...