What's Going On in the Intelligence Community IG Office?

[Wingnut]

The House impeachment inquiry has focused on the July 25 telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Concerns about that call were raised by an unnamed member of the intelligence community through a so-called “whistleblower complaint.” 

Now, concerns are being raised about whether the complaint, which is not based on first-hand knowledge, should have been considered at all. What’s going on?

Under federal law, a member of the intelligence community can file a whistleblower complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General with respect to an “urgent concern” relating to an intelligence activity under the authority of the director of national intelligence. If the ICIG deems the complaint credible, he reports it to the director of national intelligence, who in turn informs the Senate and House intelligence committees.

 At the time of the Trump-Zelenskiy call, the ICIG’s policy unequivocally required that, to be deemed credible, a complaint must be based on first-hand knowledge:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/04/whats_going_on_in_the_intelligence_community_ig_office_141412.html

[Cyber Liberty]

Second- or third-hand information is irrelevant, it's the seriousness of the charge.  We git 'im now, and that's the important thing.  Off with his head/