I just believe, in light of some of the concerns raised... that there would be this approach, in terms of holding harmless a valid whistleblower's complaint against any type of reprisal from the agency itself is terribly important.
Warner emphasizes the importance of protecting whistleblowers from agency reprisal.
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This is just another example of the DNI trying to cook the books, rewrite history, and erode trust in the intelligence agencies she’s supposed to be leading.
When we start purging agents for doing their jobs, instead of toeing a partisan line, we weaken our defense against everything from violent crime to foreign threats, and that makes us all less safe.
The safeguards we put in place, the oversight this body provides, only work if intelligence officers know that they can tell the truth without losing their jobs.
What we have here is a Director of National Intelligence willing to break decades of precedent to attack her own workforce and weaponize American intelligence at a political rally.
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