White House Abused Highly Classified Computer System, Whistleblower Complaint Claims

September 26, 2019

In an explosive whistleblower complaint made public on Thursday, senior White House officials are accused of attempting to conceal records of President Trump’s conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart—the content of which has prompted impeachment proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives—by placing the records in a computer system reserved for some of the nation’s mostly highly guarded secrets.

The complaint, released in redacted form by the Democratic-controlled House Intelligence Committee, cites allegations by multiple unnamed White House officials that a transcript of Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was placed into a standalone computer system under the National Security Council’s management. The system, the complaint says, is used to house “codeword-level intelligence information, such as covert action.”

Screenshot: Whistleblower complaint

Code-word information refers to the nation’s most highly classified intelligence. It is often described as “beyond top secret,” being further protected by extreme need-to-know protocols that compartmentalize access to a select group of individuals.

To ensure their absolute loyalty, individuals with access to code-word information are typically required to have held high-level security clearances for several years and, further, undergo some of the intelligence community’s most extreme vetting.

If the White House, as alleged, sought to limit access to the Zelensky-call transcript to officials with this level of clearance, it would indicate extraordinary concern over the contents ever going public. It may also be considered an abuse of the system for political means given the nature of the call itself, in which Trump apparently tried to solicit a favor from Zelensky—asking Ukraine to open an investigation into Trump’s domestic political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden.

Screenshot: Whistleblower complaint

“According to information I received from White House officials, some officials voiced concerns internally that this would be an abuse of the system and was not consistent with the responsibility of the [NSC] Directorate for Intelligence Programs,” the whistleblower, an anonymous career intelligence official, wrote in their complaint.

The complaint goes on to say that White House officials indicated this was not “the first time” during the Trump administration that a presidential transcript had been into the code-word system “solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive—rather than national security sensitive—information.”

The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, said that he had “no firsthand knowledge” of any potential misuse of the computer system when pressed on Thursday morning by a member of the House Intelligence Committee. “All I have is the knowledge that the whistleblower alleges in his allegation, the whistleblower complaint,” he said. “I don’t know whether, in fact, that is true or not.”

The whistleblower also states that they believe Trump’s actions—pressuring a foreign power to investigate his political rival—pose risks to national security and undermine the U.S. government’s efforts “to deter and counter foreign interference in U.S. elections.”

This is a developing story.

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September 27, 2019

Thanks for the news Steven36. What's funny about their claim is that Potus just release the whole transcript and it could be read here. You won't anything from the democrats side because they have no transparency. The whistleblower did not hear the conversation first hand. It's like a game of telephone. Now to find out, the whistleblower is clown. :jester: His lawyer is a clown who had connection to Chucky and Hillary. Watch how Chuck explain it to us. We also know that clown boss was in Kiev. But we knew Adam Schiff knew about Whistleblower weeks before hand. Does this look like the Steele Dossier 2.0? Rinse and repeat. And Potus did not pressure the Ukraine president. But Ukraine and US does have an agreement signed by a former president. But the Ukraine embassy in the US did give us good tidbits.

Also an interesting tidbits why Romney is being so vocal. Maybe he doesn't like the stock. Below is my update to date mini-summary of sources I have gathered so far on all the spies. They say to follow the money and you'll get your answer. Money can buy lots of things including people. Thus, they became Benedict Arnold. For the love of money is the root of evil. We must catch more of these clowns. :jester: Stand together everyone and know who is funding all of these events and your eyes will be open. Like I have said before, they own a large chunk of the media. What you see and hear is what they want you to see and hear. They are the real owner. Peace and love to everyone. Ephesians 6:12.