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1. Important to get on intel whistleblower law: If IG found a WB complaint was NOT credible or urgent, WB can independently go to Congress. No one EVER envisioned a DCI would break the law and refuse to turn over a complaint deemed credible and urgent...
2...because of that, there is no provision in the law allowing the whistleblower to go to Congress, because the complaint was found to be credible. The idea that the DNI would just blithely break the law was never considered....
3...so we have a situation where, if the IG found the complaint to be insignificant and not credible, the whistleblower could notify congress. But because it was found to be credible and urgent, the whistleblower can't do so because....
4...there is no provision in the law written to empower the whistleblower to act independently if superiors break the law. The whistleblower could argue that this nonsense assumes a right to go to congress, but suddenly Barr could declare such a disclosure....
5...is not allowed because the complaint was found to be urgent and credible. So the whistleblower could be prosecuted for being right, while the @ODNIgov suffers no consequence for breaking the law.
