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Mark S. Zaid
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1/In my more than 20 years of rep'ing #natsec #whistleblowers, & 15 years since @ODNIgov was created, I have never known nor observed policy that #WBer must have first-hand information to file complaint.
@ODNIgov 2/My experiences have always been that WBer must provide evidence that can be substantiated, whether through documents or identification of witnesses. No whistleblower law I know of has any personal knowledge requirement.
@ODNIgov /END I fully support and endorse the information set forth in @ODNIgov IG press release that accurately explains the law & policy as the experts know it to be. Any assertion to the contrary, as argued by @FDRLST, is blatantly pure disinformation.

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Mark S. Zaid
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BREAKING NEWS: Statement Concerning the Intelligence Community Whistleblower

The legal team has issued a statement that can be read in its entirety here:

compassrosepllc.com/intelligence-c…

I will also reproduce the text below.

#WhistleblowersComplaint #Whistleblower #NatSec
TEXT: 1/Our firm has represented our client from the outset, and he/she has diligently followed the processes and laws that afford the greatest legal protections against reprisal. As legal counsel, it is our duty to ensure our client is fully protected.
2/We support the bi-partisan, unanimous resolution passed by the Senate regarding our client’s lawful whistleblower complaint and call upon the Acting Director of National Intelligence to transmit the complete disclosure to the two Intelligence Oversight Committees.
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Mark S. Zaid
@MarkSZaidEsq
/1 Thread on #Natsec #Whistleblower victory

Incredibly pleased to report on significant development in one of our cases involving @AndrewBakaj which shows system CAN work even against @CIA. Congress should use this example to further strengthen system.

news.yahoo.com/rare-external-…
@AndrewBakaj @CIA /2 Bakaj, an attny, was former @DoD_IG & @CIA OIG. He wrote CIA's internal regs to implement PPD-19, which was 2012 presidential directive by @POTUS44 to protect #natsec #whistleblowers

va.gov/ABOUT_VA/docs/…
@AndrewBakaj @CIA @DoD_IG @POTUS44 /3 He properly participated in @ODNIgov OIG investigation, which was required by LAW, & #CIA OIG retaliated against him. Much of the battle arose from still ongoing tensions btwn who has higher authority: ODNI or CIA. NOTE: I say ODNI but that's another discussion.
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Mark S. Zaid
@MarkSZaidEsq
Thread on Lincoln assassination:

154 years ago tonight our 16th President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater while watching the play Our American Cousin.

Vintage 1865 colored print of late President
After spending four long years overseeing a civil war that witnessed over 500,000 dead, the war was finally over. Lincoln was looking forward to a night of relaxation at the theater.

CDV of President Lincoln with son Tad, who sadly died six years after his father at age 15.
Ford's theater had only opened two years earlier in 1863. One of the well known actors who appeared in Shakespearean plays: John Wilkes Booth, future assassin of our President.
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Intel IG Admits It Secretly Erased ‘First-Hand Information’ Requirement thefederalist.com/2019/09/30/int…
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Statement from Whistleblower's attorney:

The Intel Community Whistleblower is entitled to anonymity. Law and policy support this and the
individual is not to be retaliated against. Doing so is a violation of federal law.
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The concerns about an outdated Intelligence Community Inspector General complaint form are
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NEW AND IMPORTANT. The IC IG releases lengthy statement in apparent response to some news reports (and all-caps tweets) about rules for filing whistleblower disclosures.

Long story short, the whistleblower did everything right.

Excerpts to follow.

dni.gov/files/ICIG/Doc…
The Disclosure of Urgent Concern form the Complainant submitted on August 12, 2019 "is the same form the ICIG has had in place since May 24, 2018, which went into effect before Inspector General Atkinson entered on duty" as the IC IG on May 29, 2018, following his swearing in
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