Please see my statement about @DHSgov efforts to smear my name in order to deflect from responding to serious #whistleblower allegations.
I am not deterred.
1/Text is as follows:
In order to fully protect our whistleblower client Brian Murphy, it is necessary for the legal team to obtain security clearances at the TS/SCI level. I have held a USGOVT security clearance since 2002, and have received authorized access to classified ..
2/ ... information since the mid-1990s. Rather than timely process my clearance, DHS has now embarked upon an effort to publicly smear my good name with antiquated information. In 1999, I was publicly rebuked by a U.S. District Judge as part of a FOIA lawsuit against the CIA.
3/No classified information was involved. Every security clearance I have received has fully adjudicated this decision, which was so long ago that I don't believe any agency even considers it any longer.
4/I have had authorized access to TS/SCI on numerous occasions in the last twenty years, during both Democrat and Republican Administrations, and had no difficulties being granted access.
5/It is sad to see that @DHSgov believes the way to silence a lawfully protected DHS #whistleblower is to smear his legal counsel.
I should also note that the D.C. Bar counsel, which investigated the issue, did not agree with the Court's views of the circumstances.
6/Finally, all of this info has been part of the public record for two decades. This smearing effort reveals a great deal about DHS leadership as not even the White House nor any GOP member of Congress raised this last year as an issue during my representation of the IC WBer.
END/I call upon @DHSgov to expeditiously and properly process my security clearance access so that the serious allegations against it by Mr. Murphy can be assessed by the relevant oversight authorities.
Stillman v. CIA, 319 F.3d 546 (D.C.Cir. 2003)
District court ordered Govt to conduct requisite background check on Mr. Zaid in order to determine whether he could be trusted with access to classified manuscript.
"The Government did so and found that Mr. Zaid was trustworthy."
1/President Trump just issued Executive Order to revoke #securityclearances of 51 signatories, eight of whom I rep, who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter in 2020.
But here's the problems with it:
Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.
2/Presidents have ultimate authority concerning indiv's access to #classifiedinformation. No dispute. That's how Trump overrode multiple concerns by agencies during 1st term & granted access.
Since 50s Red Scare no Pres has punished clearance holders over 1st Amendment rights.
3/Although EO intent is to revoke all clearances, doesn't quite do that. Instructs Dir of National Intelligence, who is Executive Agent over clearances, to start revocation. Not sure why DNI needs to consult w/CIA. Accomplishes nothing. DNI controls appropriate database already.
1/On Friday, Jan 10th, @ODNIgov will issue new Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) concerning #AnomalousHealthIncidents. @POTUS/WH did not ask for it. @CIA initiated it to counter recent House Intelligence Committee report that "a foreign adversary is behind some AHIs".
2/In March 2023, @ODNIgov issued ICA stating "IC’s judgment that U.S. adversaries, including Russia, were not engaged in a global campaign resulting in AHIs."
But HPSCI found it "lacked analytic integrity and was highly irregular in its formulation."dni.gov/index.php/news…
@ODNIgov 3/An IC Experts Panel earlier concluded "Pulsed electromagnetic energy, particularly in the radiofrequency range, plausibly explains the core characteristics of reported AHIs, although information gaps exist." My law firm helped secure declassification of report through #FOIA.
We (@JohnPhillips/@BradMossEsq) are now rep'ing Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) who has been sued for defamation by President Trump's 1st National Security Advisor #MichaelFlynn.
2/Enforcement of the rule of law is an important and valuable principle in our Democracy. Unfortunately, the law can be abused as a weapon to try and intimidate those who stand up against government corruption and misconduct.
3/As part of MAGA’s efforts to silence those who challenge their actions to undermine Democracy, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who in 2017 pled guilty to a felony count of “willfully and knowingly” making false statements to the FBI ...
3/After weeks of failed attempts to negotiate mutual date, which is what professionals do, we properly issued Notice of Deposition on May 30 for today. Even though #Grenell is Plaintiff & chose VA as his venue, he does not wish to travel from CA for his deposition.
2/If individuals made protected disclosure to supervisor in employee’s direct chain of command, an OIG or appropriate congressional committee or its members, they are protected #whistleblowers.
Doesn't mean they are credible or accurate, but attacking status undermines system.
3/I served as co-counsel to IC #whistleblowers whose complaint led to Trump's 1st impeachment (not our objective). Cong. Jordan was hypocritically a key attacker of WBer's lawful & legitimate status. It was wrong then, it is wrong now.
I will be appearing in Montgomery County Maryland District Court Monday afternoon to represent driver ticketed by @MDSP for flashing headlights at car that dangerously cut them off.
2/I've been down this route before. In 2009, I was ticketed for flashing my headlights at Montgomery County speed trap. I challenged ticket as being unconstitutional & lawful.
3/Ticket was dismissed. @mcpnews admitted my actions were lawful. Then Police Chief #TomManger (now @CapitolPolice Chief) personally apologized to me, which I accepted as sincere, & I dropped my plan to file lawsuit.