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<blockquote data-quote="Turdferguson" data-source="post: 4214685" data-attributes="member: 61703"><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/66211/qa-on-whistleblower-complaint-being-withheld-from-congressional-intelligence-committees/" target="_blank">Q&amp;A on Whistleblower Complaint Being Withheld from Congressional Intelligence Committees</a>That&#039;s not up to the DNI to conclude that there is nothing to the complaint. &quot;Does the DNI have the authority to overrule the ICIG’s determination that a complaint is credible, that it pertains to an urgent concern, or that the matter is covered by the ICWPA?No. The ICWPA specifically gives inspectors general the final say in whether a complaint is credible or whether it pertains to an urgent concern. Moreover, to the extent Maguire might be arguing that he can overrule the ICIG’s determination that the conduct in question is within the scope of the ICWPA, that is also not his call. The <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05a/usc_sec_05a_01000003----000-.html" target="_blank">law</a> gives inspectors general their own legal counsel specifically so they can make legal judgments about the scope of their jurisdiction and not be dependent on lawyers representing the agencies they oversee.&quot;From my link</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turdferguson, post: 4214685, member: 61703"] [URL="https://www.justsecurity.org/66211/qa-on-whistleblower-complaint-being-withheld-from-congressional-intelligence-committees/"]Q&A on Whistleblower Complaint Being Withheld from Congressional Intelligence Committees[/URL] That's not up to the DNI to conclude that there is nothing to the complaint. "Does the DNI have the authority to overrule the ICIG’s determination that a complaint is credible, that it pertains to an urgent concern, or that the matter is covered by the ICWPA? No. The ICWPA specifically gives inspectors general the final say in whether a complaint is credible or whether it pertains to an urgent concern. Moreover, to the extent Maguire might be arguing that he can overrule the ICIG’s determination that the conduct in question is within the scope of the ICWPA, that is also not his call. The [URL='https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05a/usc_sec_05a_01000003----000-.html']law[/URL] gives inspectors general their own legal counsel specifically so they can make legal judgments about the scope of their jurisdiction and not be dependent on lawyers representing the agencies they oversee." From my link [/QUOTE]

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