Why did Intel agencies change rules days before whistleblower report was sent?

[KCfromNC]

Just a reminder with Clinton there was 30,000 emails deleted, the hard drives erased or physically smashed, AFTER she received a subpoena instructing their retention and delivery to congress.

The then director of the FBI confirming she lied to Congress six separate times

And four dead bodies.

That’s a little stronger than a report based on hearsay evidence.

Must mean Donald is totally incompetent at his job, because it sure looks like the people he put in place to run the DoJ have been unable to get any convictions for any of these things. Makes you wonder why anyone who honestly cares about such serious "real" crimes would support the guy.

 

[Arcangl86]

Here is the statute involving the IC IG and "urgent matters." The governing statute doesn't require first hand knowledge, which is likely why it was removed from the form.

50 U.S. Code § 3033 - Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

 

[Tanj]

https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/2...rement-of-first-hand-whistleblower-knowledge/

Federal records show that the intelligence community secretly revised the formal whistleblower complaint form in August 2019 to eliminate the requirement of direct, first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing.

Wait... they "secretly" revised a complaint form? Isn't that like not secret the moment anyone goes to fill out the form? What's next, they gonna secretly revise the powerball ticket?

 

[essentialsaltes]

It's okay, it was all a lie.

The kernel of fact near the center of the conspiracy theory is that there is, indeed, a new version of Form 401 dated August 2019.

A question on the form explicitly anticipates tips based on secondhand information, and asks the whistleblower to check a box: “I have direct and personal knowledge,” or, “I heard about it from others.” The Federalist used a screenshot of that field to illustrate its story.

What the article didn’t mention or screenshot is a nearly identical field gracing Form 401 since at least May 2018,

There’s a reason the form has allowed secondhand reports all along. The requirement for firsthand whistleblowing only is completely made up.

“There’s never been a requirement that a whistleblower have firsthand knowledge of what they’re reporting,” said Irvin McCullough, an investigator at the nonprofit Government Accountability Project

 

[essentialsaltes]

"WHO CHANGED THE LONG STANDING WHISTLEBLOWER RULES JUST BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF THE FAKE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT? DRAIN THE SWAMP!"

Tweeting it in ALL CAPS doesn't make it true, Mr. President.

 

[iluvatar5150]

It's okay, it was all a lie.

The kernel of fact near the center of the conspiracy theory is that there is, indeed, a new version of Form 401 dated August 2019.

A question on the form explicitly anticipates tips based on secondhand information, and asks the whistleblower to check a box: “I have direct and personal knowledge,” or, “I heard about it from others.” The Federalist used a screenshot of that field to illustrate its story.

What the article didn’t mention or screenshot is a nearly identical field gracing Form 401 since at least May 2018,

There’s a reason the form has allowed secondhand reports all along. The requirement for firsthand whistleblowing only is completely made up.

“There’s never been a requirement that a whistleblower have firsthand knowledge of what they’re reporting,” said Irvin McCullough, an investigator at the nonprofit Government Accountability Project

hooray for more lies.

 

[Kentonio]

But on the bright side, now the thread starter can come along and thank you for correcting their misconception. Hurrah for learning!

 

[iluvatar5150]

But on the bright side, now the thread starter can come along and thank you for correcting their misconception. Hurrah for learning!

and declare The Federalist as #FakeNews

 

[essentialsaltes]

ICIG statement: "Although the form requests information about whether the Complainant possesses first-hand knowledge about the matter about which he or she is lodging the complaint, there is no such requirement set forth in the statute. In fact, by law the Complainant – or any individual in the Intelligence Community who wants to report information with respect to an urgent concern to the congressional intelligence committees – need not possess first-hand information in order to file a complaint or information with respect to an urgent concern."

The Federalist: Who ya gonna believe, me or your two eyes?