{"id":4326,"date":"2020-01-14T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2020-01-14T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:03:10","slug":"whistleblowergate-the-secret-role-of-intel-community-ig-michael-atkinson-and-dojs-mary-mccord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4326","title":{"rendered":"WHISTLEBLOWERgate: The Secret Role of Intel Community IG Michael Atkinson and DoJ&#8217;s Mary McCord"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>McCord is The Key \u2013 Devin Nunes Discusses Sketchy Issues Surrounding ICIG Michael Atkinson and Origination of the \u201cWhistle-blower\u201d Complaint\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->theconservativetreehouse.com<\/p>\n<p>House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes appears with Maria Bartiromo to discuss two very important issues.\u00a0 The first is the origination of the \u201cwhistle-blower\u201d complaint and new issues surrounding Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson.\u00a0 The second important subject is the background of newly installed FISA Court monitor, David Kris, to oversee the FBI reform promises.<\/p>\n<p>CTH has some explosive new information which has been shared with Mr. Nunes on both issues; but we start with the interview and ICIG Michael Atkinson.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0ySSb8tl5g?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180688\" src=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg?w=640\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg 615w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg?w=300 300w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"180688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2020\/01\/12\/mccord-is-the-key-devin-nunes-discusses-sketchy-issues-surrounding-icig-michael-atkinson-and-origination-of-the-whistle-blower-complaint\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"615,310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trump tweet \u2013 icig january 12th 2020\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/trump-tweet-icig-january-12th-2020.jpg?w=615\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since our original research into Atkinson, there have been some rather interesting additional discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The key to understanding the corrupt endeavor behind the fraudulent \u201cwhistle-blower\u201d complaint, doesn\u2019t actually originate with ICIG Atkinson. The key person is the former head of the DOJ National Security Division, Mary McCord.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key-administration-posts-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">becoming IC Inspector General<\/a>, Michael Atkinson was the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division, Mary McCord.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180696\" src=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg?w=640\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg 340w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg?w=147 147w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg?w=294 294w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"180696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2020\/01\/12\/mccord-is-the-key-devin-nunes-discusses-sketchy-issues-surrounding-icig-michael-atkinson-and-origination-of-the-whistle-blower-complaint\/mary-mccord\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"340,347\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mary mccord\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg?w=294\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/mary-mccord.jpg?w=340\" \/><\/a>It is very safe to say Mary McCord and Michael Atkinson have a working relationship from their time together in 2016 and 2017 at the DOJ-NSD. Atkinson was Mary McCord\u2019s senior legal counsel; essentially her lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>McCord was the senior intelligence officer who accompanied Sally Yates to the White House in 2017 to confront then White House Counsel Don McGahn about the issues with Michael Flynn and the drummed up controversy over the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson worked together to promote the narrative around the incoming Trump administration \u201cLogan Act\u201d violations. This silly claim (undermining Obama policy during the transition) was the heavily promoted, albeit manufactured, reason why Yates and McCord were presumably concerned about Flynn\u2019s contact with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. It was nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>However, McCord didn\u2019t just disappear in 2017 when she retired from the DOJ-NSD. She resurfaced as part of the Lawfare group assembly after the mid-term election in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS THE KEY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mary McCord\u00a0<strong>joined the House effort<\/strong>\u00a0to impeach President Trump; as noted in this article from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/12\/12\/trump-impeachment-legal-083037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cI think people do see that this is a critical time in our history,\u201d said Mary McCord, a former DOJ official who helped oversee the FBI\u2019s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and now is listed as\u00a0<strong>a top outside counsel for the House in key legal fights tied to impeachment<\/strong>. \u201cWe see the breakdown of the whole rule of law. We see the breakdown in adherence to the Constitution and also constitutional values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why you\u2019re seeing lawyers come out and being very willing to put in extraordinary amounts of time and effort to litigate these cases,\u201d she added. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/12\/12\/trump-impeachment-legal-083037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former DOJ-NSD Head Mary McCord is\u00a0<strong>currently<\/strong>\u00a0working for the House Committee (Adam Schiff) who created the impeachment scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Now it becomes critical to overlay that detail with how the \u201cwhistle-blower\u201d complain was organized.\u00a0 Mary McCord\u2019s former NSD attorney, Michael Atkinson, is the intelligence community inspector general who brings forth the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwhistle-blower\u201d had prior contact with the staff of the committee.\u00a0 This is admitted.\u00a0 So essentially the \u201cwhistle-blower\u201d almost certainly had contact with Mary McCord; and then ICIG Michael Atkinson modified the whistle-blower rules to facilitate the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>There is the origination. \u00a0 That\u2019s where the fraud starts.<\/p>\n<p>The coordination between Mary McCord, the Whistle-blower and Michael Atkinson is why HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff will not release the transcript from Atkinson\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n<p>It now looks like the\u00a0<em>Lawfare network<\/em>\u00a0constructed the \u2018whistle-blower\u2019 complaint aka\u00a0<em>a Schiff Dossier<\/em>, and handed it to allied CIA operative Eric Ciaramella to file as a formal IC complaint.\u00a0 This process is almost identical to the Fusion-GPS\/Lawfare network handing the Steele Dossier to the FBI to use as the evidence for the 2016\/2017 Russia conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Atkinson\u2019s conflict-of-self-interest, and\/or possible blackmail upon him by deep state actors who most certainly know his compromise, likely influenced his approach to this whistleblower complaint. \u00a0 That would explain why the Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel so strongly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebuked Atkinson\u2019s interpretation<\/a>\u00a0of his responsibility with the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In the Justice Department\u2019s OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson\u2019s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Here<\/a>]\u00a0 I would say Atkinson\u2019s decision is directly related to his own risk exposure:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"scribd_427513014\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/427513014\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=&amp;access_key=key-Cum93CuySEZBYl3jOxgh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/427513014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Michael Atkinson was moved from DOJ-NSD to become the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key-administration-posts-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in 2018<\/a>. What we end up with is a brutally obvious, convoluted, network of corrupt officials; each carrying an independent reason to cover their institutional asses\u2026 each individual interest forms a collective fraudulent scheme inside the machinery of government.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Atkinson and Mary McCord worked together in 2016\/2017 on the stop-Trump surveillance operation (FISA application via DOJ-NSD).\u00a0 Then, following the 2018 mid-term election, in 2019 Mary McCord and Michael Atkinson team up again on another stop-Trump operation, each in a different position, and -working with others- coordinate the House impeachment plan via the \u2018whistle-blower\u2019 complaint.<\/p>\n<p>While Devin Nunes is focused on the false statements of ICIG Michael Atkinson, the key is the contact between the \u2018whistle-blower\u2019 (Eric Ciaramella) and the House Intelligence Committee via Mary McCord.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a very strong likelihood this entire impeachment construct was manufactured out of nothing.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council resistance member Alexander Vindman starts a rumor about the Trump-Zelenskyy phone call, which he shares with CIA operative Eric Ciaramella (a John Brennan resistance associate).\u00a0 Ciaramella then makes contact with resistance ally Mary McCord in her role within the House.\u00a0 McCord then helps Ciaramella create a fraudulent whistle-blower complaint via her former colleague, now ICIG, Michael Atkinson\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026And that\u2019s how this entire Impeachment operation gets started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180695\" src=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=640&amp;h=475\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=640&amp;h=475 640w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=150&amp;h=111 150w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=300&amp;h=222 300w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=768&amp;h=570 768w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=759 1024w, https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/icig-michael-atkinson-mary-mccord-eric-ciaramella-alexander-vindman.jpg 1045w\" alt=\"\" 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