No, the intelligence community did not eliminate a firsthand knowledge requirement for the Ukraine w

[mystery-ak]

No, the intelligence community did not eliminate a firsthand knowledge requirement for the Ukraine whistleblower
 by Kaylee McGhee
 | October 01, 2019 12:28 PM

There’s a theory floating around the Internet that claims the intelligence community secretly eliminated a whistleblowing requirement just before the Ukraine scandal broke.

The idea is that deep state operatives believed President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could damage his presidency, so they changed the rules to make it easier for a whistleblower to come forward by eliminating the legal requirement for first-hand knowledge.

But this theory is just that — a theory, nothing more. It should be treated as such.

The Federalist’s Sean Davis was the first to peddle this theory, claiming in an article that “between May 2018 and August 2019,” the intelligence community created a “brand new version of the whistleblower complaint form” that “no longer requires potential whistleblowers who wish to have their concerns expedited to Congress to have direct, firsthand knowledge of the alleged wrongdoing that they are reporting.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-the-intelligence-community-did-not-eliminate-a-firsthand-knowledge-requirement-for-the-ukraine-whistleblower

[PeteS in CA]

So, it was Sean Davis' unproven theory that the first-hand knowledge requirement was changed. Now it's Kaylee McGhee's unproven theory that the first-hand knowledge requirement was not changed.

Howzabout showing current and recent historical copies of the regs/guidelines? You know, show evidence that proves one unproven theory true and the other false?