The Cover-up

When a whistleblower notifies the Director of National Intelligence about a serious or flagrant abuse involving intelligence activity, particularly within the White House, federal law requires that report must be forwarded in short order to Congress if determined to be credible.

Donald Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence recently received just such a report, which was determined to be credible by his staff, but refused to forward it to Congress as required by law. The report appears to be about a senior member of Trump's staff or possibly the President himself (details here).

Because of this stonewalling, Congress subpoenaed the Director of National Intelligence to turn over the report by the close of business yesterday. The Director notified Congress at the last minute that the subpoena would be ignored and that he would not testify about it.

The big question thus is: who was involved in this intelligence breach and what sort of information was compromised? While national security secrets, of course, cannot be made public, the general circumstances of their compromise certainly can be.

The Director of National Intelligence failed to comply with the subpoena and thus broke the law. Hopefully, Congress will now sue the White House to compel them to turn over the report and to compel the Director to testify. The American people have the right to know why Trump's White House is engaging in an illegal cover-up.

What are they hiding and why?