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runrussellrun wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:03 am

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:21 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:58 pm Why buy, staff & maintain another USAF airbase in the UK, when we can use Prestwick for what we need (a 24/7/365 all weather, no traffic delay, refueling stopover point with discounted lodging below the per diem rate, available on short notice), just for buying fuel at a contracted discount rate. Whoever in the USAF was responsible for engineering this deal deserves a Meritorious Service Medal.

If this is your pitch, why the F are the other bases open? Move it all to Prestwick.

Just stay away from Trump's place. Taxpayers win, USAF wins. And Trump is left to the private market to fill his hotel.


So why don't we do just that?

spare us all.........don't recall YOU evah uttering (writing) one word about OTHER elected officials divesting from the ownership in properties/business. Something about Sen. Feinstein's impeachement after her husband made out like a bandit from insider information........and Kato the limo driver. Where's the 24/7 story about that. Yawn, tRump has already won the election. Thanks taats.

CONFLICT of INTEREST is suddenly an i$$ue? Yup. NO ONE got rich off of the __________________(fill in the blank ) (F-35, USS Ford, Fat Leonard, VA in Aurora Colorado......etc. etc. etc. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpX_WeJalbc

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:03 am spare us all.........don't recall YOU evah uttering (writing) one word about OTHER elected officials divesting from the ownership in properties/business. Something about Sen. Feinstein's impeachement after her husband made out like a bandit from insider information........and Kato the limo driver. Where's the 24/7 story about that.

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:45 am Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:45 am Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:38 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:45 am Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:38 pm .. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:02 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:38 pm .. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Doesn't matter. Schiff is on the Intel committee. The law REQUIRES the CIA director to hand over the complaint to the Intel committee within 7 days of getting it. If he doesn't, the whistleblower can contact the committee directly.

Only question is, when was the whistleblower complaint filed? Once you have that, the math is easy. Of course, who controls that information?

The timeline of the law:

(B) Within the 60-calendar day period beginning on the day of
receipt from an employee of a complaint or information under
subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall determine whether the
complaint or information appears credible. If the Inspector General
determines that the complaint or information appears credible, the
Inspector General within such period shall transmit the complaint or
information to the Director.
``(C) The Director shall, within 7 calendar days after receipt of
the transmittal from the Inspector General under subparagraph (B),
forward such transmittal to the intelligence committees together with
any comments the Director considers appropriate.


Has it occurred to you that this could be a whistleblower into the leaking you despise so much? We have no clue what the complaint is.

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:25 pm This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.






https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:25 pm This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:25 pm This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.






https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:50 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:38 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:45 am Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Thank God

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:38 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:50 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:38 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:45 am Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Thank God

Did the previous administration handle ALL whistleblower complaints the way YOU folks think they should have been? Snow-ed-inn still on the run? Why?