The author of this complaint appears to have extensive knowledge of what is classified and unclassified information. The complaint is crafted in a way that it can be revealed to the public in "the entirety." That tells me the Whistleblower would leak the information if necessary. There isn't anything classified in the complaint, but, only the attachment. Applause. Applause. They are committed to the revealing of the diabolic methods of Trump to undermine the laws of the USA. This person is a patriot and determined to have others within power, including the American people, know the degree Trump disregards the USA Constitution.
I need a cup of tea. Sorry to hear Senator Sanders needed to be hospitalized. I am sure he is annoyed at the incident.
So, the author of the complaint has gone through a great deal of time and trouble to relay the seriousness of the words. The first page and part of the second page is used to express the deep commitment the author has to the country's national security. This complaint is not to be taken lightly. The fact this complaint exists at all is serious, but, to come to understand the brevity the author places on these words DEMANDS it be taken to it's final outcomes.
The note beginning, "If a classification marking..." is even more startling. Those words relay an understanding there is a ruthlessness within the Executive Branch that can prevent PROPER channels to be followed. THEN, realize those proper channels were interrupted makes the author, even more, important. This person not only had fears for the country but, for the ability of PROPER CHANNELS to carry out their purposes in protecting the country. UNDERSTAND THAT? PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS AUTHOR'S FEARS ARE IMPORTANT. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE UNDERMINING OF THE USA GOVERNMENT IS OCCURRING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR "Check and Balances" GOVERNMENT.
In the Executive Branch the Trump Koolaid rules and not the Rule of Law. The Executive Branch is lost to the country at this point.
I don't make those statements lightly and in that lies the understanding the Whistleblower's URGENT CLASSIFICATION. There is not an American that should allow this complaint to disappear into the "FOG OF POLITICS."
Page 2 begins the "The 25 July Presidential phone call"
It is unclear who initiated the phone call. This was the second phone call with President Zelensky of Ukraine, the first being a congratulatory call. I still want to know what was discussed in that first call. Why? Because I already read the transcript of the phone call and it is completely evident there was at the very least "a threatening tone" set by Trump in regard to military hardware and munitions.
This being the second phone call, very little of the conversation was about the relationship between the USA and Ukraine in regard to SUPPORTING the fledging democracy in it's efforts to protect its sovereign state with a war raging at the eastern border with Russia. The phone call was steered by Trump into his own self-interests. President Zelensky didn't begin the idea of drumming up a story about Biden in solidarity with Trump, it was Trump that controlled the conversation.
The conversation within those parameters of understanding was witnessed by multiple people. Here again, the validation of the complaint is absolute.
The statement in this part of the complaint relates an idea of time. The call was early in the morning. The time difference between the two presidents was seven hours. I suggest this was a prearranged phone call. I would expect that between two presidents. Besides that the staff witnessing the phone call would have to be present. It is just a side note to the dynamics of what is transpiring. The author of the complaint was not present, it would seem anywhere in the building.
Note also President Zelensky had taken office four months earlier.
Below is the bottom portion of page 2 of the Whistleblower complaint.
The phone call was primarily directed by Trump with a clear understanding that the Former Vice President Biden, the leading opposition candidate to Trump in the 2020 election, and his son were the topic. Trump is demanding, by occupying the control of the conversation, to begin and continue an investigation into the activities of VP Biden and his son Hunter.
Trump makes a clear understanding that President Zelensky is to assist him in advancing the understanding the Special Counsel investigation was misdirected and that the crime was committed in Ukraine and the Clinton campaign. Supposedly, the Russian crimes of interfering in the 2016 election are to be assigned now to Ukraine, Crowdstrike and the DNC.
Why might one ask is this the focus? It is ridiculous, right? All the evidence is in on this. Toward the end of the 2016 presidential campaign, the DCCC and the Clinton Campaign are reporting hacking and when the FBI investigates, it has a Russian signature. Indeed we know there were two Russian intelligence agencies involved with the Russian invasion of the 2016 elections and are known by the FBI. There is proof of that information somewhere in the vast array of evidence in the US Justice Department through the Special Counsel investigation. We know that as fact.
Let me try a Trump Koolaid scenario out here complements of the perverted fears of Vladimir Putin.
See, the USA government DEEP STATE wants the people of the USA to believe this was all about Russia. It wasn't really Russia though EXCEPT in retaliation of what was being conducted by Ukraine.
So, Ukraine is supposed to have been hacking the USA elections of 2016 all along, but, the DEEP STATE kept it secret. The Russians being as wonderfully clever as they are came to the rescue of the USA and performed countermeasures to taint the elections in the direction of Trump rather than Clinton.
You see, the REAL DAMAGE to the USA democracy by Ukraine was hidden from the public and no alarm was made until Russia's fingerprints were all over the Clinton campaign.
Anyone actually believes that? If anyone does then the evidence files in the USA government back to the beginning of time are all manufactured and we need to dispense with all current understandings of democracy and allow the hero worship of Russia to begin. Now, does anyone actually believe the FBI and/or CIA or any other intelligence agency of the USA would carry out such extensive lies?
There is no DEEP STATE in the USA. There are currently over 13,000 FBI agents at work today in the interest of the USA. That is only the FBI. Does anyone besides the Trump Koolaid Crowd believe 13,000 agents are living a lie? Does anyone actually believe the USA government could carry out such lies? The entire idea that James Comey was leading a rouge agency is hideous. James Comey was fired because he refused to give into Trump's megalomania. That is the truth, so let's get on with the complaint.
I am going to stop this reading at 1:00 pm to go to a previously determined appointment. I will return by 4:00 pm and continue the reading here.
The Whistleblower again lists Rudy Guiliani and Michael Pompeo as support to the president, but, this time it is stated in such a way that provides the idea of ownership by Trump as if they were his personal assistants. Guiliani and Pompeo are Trump's explicit personal envoys on these matters.
There is also an extensive footnote at the bottom referred to 1.
Footnote 1 again reiterates the brevity of the words in the complaint and it's need to be read by all those possible as an exempt document under Executive Order EO 13526, Part l, Section 1.1.
(a) Information may be originally classified under the terms of this order only if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) an original classification authority is classifying the information;
(2) the information is owned by, produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government;
(3) the information falls within one or more of the categories of information listed in section 1.4 of this order; and
(4) the original classification authority determines that the unauthorized disclosure of the information reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security, which includes defense against transnational terrorism, and the original classification authority is able to identify or describe the damage.
(b) If there is significant doubt about the need to classify information, it shall not be classified. This provision does not:
(1)amplify or modify the substantive criteria or procedures for classification; or
(2) create any substantive or procedural rights subject to judicial review.
(c) Classified information shall not be declassified automatically as a result of any unauthorized disclosure of identical or similar information.
(d) The unauthorized disclosure of foreign government information is presumed to cause damage to the national security.
(2) the information is owned by, produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government;
(3) the information falls within one or more of the categories of information listed in section 1.4 of this order; and
(4) the original classification authority determines that the unauthorized disclosure of the information reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security, which includes defense against transnational terrorism, and the original classification authority is able to identify or describe the damage.
(b) If there is significant doubt about the need to classify information, it shall not be classified. This provision does not:
(1)amplify or modify the substantive criteria or procedures for classification; or
(2) create any substantive or procedural rights subject to judicial review.
(c) Classified information shall not be declassified automatically as a result of any unauthorized disclosure of identical or similar information.
(d) The unauthorized disclosure of foreign government information is presumed to cause damage to the national security.
Once again the Whistleblower is being exceptionally careful to include not just the Executive Order, but, the exact section of the Executive Order that allows the public disclosure of the complaint. The author is really worried this is not going to make it to Congress and/or the public. That fear is validated by the real actions of the DNI (click here) and the DOJ. The fear is real and that has to add brevity to the complaint because so much of the public actions of this administration have proven it to exist. It is a big problem.
Section 1.7 of the Presidential Order already cited comes into view as well. This is the beginning of that section. It is quite extensive.
Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations. (a) In no case shall
information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail
to be declassified in order to:
information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail
to be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
(3) restrain competition; or...
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
(3) restrain competition; or...
You will have to excuse me and I will return to reading at 4:00 PM
Continued here and then in the next entry. Thank you.
4:03 PM EST - Hello, hello, hello. I am going to take a few more minutes for myself. About 15.
The Whistleblower is somewhat specific about Section 1.7. These two provisions of the Executive Order is particularly noted.
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; or
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
Meet Mr. Lutsenko.
Yuri Lutsenko, (click here) the former prosecutor general of Ukraine, at an interview in a Kyiv cafe on Sept. 28, 2019.
Kyiv - Ukraine’s former top law enforcement official says he repeatedly rebuffed demands by President Trump’s personal lawyer to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue.
In an interview, Yuri Lutsenko said while he was Ukraine’s prosecutor general he told Rudolph W. Giuliani that he would be happy to cooperate if the FBI or other U.S. authorities began their own investigation of the former vice president and his son Hunter but insisted they had not broken any Ukrainian laws to his knowledge....
How many times was Mr. Lutsenko dogged by Guiliani and why wouldn't and won't take no for an answer? Perhaps Mr. Lutsenko didn't understand the subtleties of corruption.
So, the statements by Mr. Lutsenko, according to Footnote 7, states Ukraine all the way back to Shokin has never investigated Burisma, even up to his removal from office. That doesn't mean anything? All Ukraine's prosecutors and others in the know never saw any indication VP Biden and/or his son and/or Burisma was ever being investigated. WHY DOESN'T THIS MEAN ANYTHING? Much to the disappointment of Vladimir Putin Ukraine is a sovereign country and the people in the know have answered Guiliani's insistent questions.
It is perfectly obvious Guiliani wanted a different response. He never got it. SO, Putin's puppet, Trump made the subtleties go away in adding to the mix withholding Ukraine's expected military shipment to people fighting for the country and dying for their country. You know how that is, sometimes a mule just has to be hit over the head with a 2 X 4 to get their attention.
Continued in next entry.
