Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is withholding a whistleblower complaint from the House Intelligence Cmte, according to letters obtained by NBCNews.
The acting director of national intelligence is withholding a secret whistleblower complaint from the House intelligence committee because it involves conduct by someone outside the spy agencies and doesn’t meet the legal requirement for disclosure to Congress, according to letters obtained by NBC News.
“The Acting DNI can either provide the complaint as required under the law, or he will be required to come before the Committee to tell the public why he is not following the clear letter of the law, including whether the White House or the Attorney General are directing him to do so,” Schiff said in a statement Tuesday night. “He has yet to provide the complaint in response to the Committee's subpoena, so I expect him to appear on Thursday, under subpoena if necessary.
Maguire is a decorated retired Navy SEAL who had been tapped by Trump and confirmed by the Senate to head the National Counter Terrorism Center before becoming acting DNI. He was “disappointed” that Schiff “demanded the production of sensitive and potentially privileged materials within fewer than two business days,” his lawyer said in a letter Thursday to Schiff.
But when Atkinson sent the complaint to the DNI for review, the letter says, DNI officials balked. They did not believe the complaint met the definition under the law, the letter said, because it dealt with “conduct by someone outside the Intelligence Community and did not relate to any `intelligence activity within the responsibility and authority of the DNI.'"
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