Do we know precisely what “credible and urgent” actually means here? E.g., I can well imagine that “complaint comes from a high-ranking officer” is enough to qualify as “credible” and “complaint is of behaviour that would be extremely bad if true” is enough to qualify as “urgent”. The point is that these may well be terms of art that don’t carry any implication very close to “it is likely that the most incendiary bits of what’s alleged are true”.
See here for more information on what the process actually involves. You need provide information (“the right information to the right people”) that backs up what you’re saying. You can’t just make a claim and then they go “oh cool, we’ll check that out.” No, it’s much more like getting an indictment from a grand jury, you have to provide enough compelling evidence that you should be protected by this process and these statutes.
Additionally, the ICIG is allowed to see any and all classified information. The ICIG actually saw the classified stuff that David Grusch has and used that to determine their findings of “credible and urgent.”
This is literally just like when Alex Vindman came forward back in 2019. He didn’t just come out and say “yeah, they did some bad stuff, I think, yeah, I heard about it or something.” No, he was actually on the phone call.
Do we know precisely what “credible and urgent” actually means here? E.g., I can well imagine that “complaint comes from a high-ranking officer” is enough to qualify as “credible” and “complaint is of behaviour that would be extremely bad if true” is enough to qualify as “urgent”. The point is that these may well be terms of art that don’t carry any implication very close to “it is likely that the most incendiary bits of what’s alleged are true”.
See here for more information on what the process actually involves. You need provide information (“the right information to the right people”) that backs up what you’re saying. You can’t just make a claim and then they go “oh cool, we’ll check that out.” No, it’s much more like getting an indictment from a grand jury, you have to provide enough compelling evidence that you should be protected by this process and these statutes.
Additionally, the ICIG is allowed to see any and all classified information. The ICIG actually saw the classified stuff that David Grusch has and used that to determine their findings of “credible and urgent.”
This is literally just like when Alex Vindman came forward back in 2019. He didn’t just come out and say “yeah, they did some bad stuff, I think, yeah, I heard about it or something.” No, he was actually on the phone call.