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In reply to the discussion: FBI whistle-blower contacted Eric Cantor on David Petraeus affair [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)43. Of course not
That's not in question.
In any case, there is only one version of this aspect of the story. It was not Jill Kelly who went to Reichert or Cantor.
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Yeah, because all Assange did was contact a member of Congress with his allegations.
24601
Nov 2012
#45
Sorry but a FBI investigation of the CIA director would have been reported to Holder.
former9thward
Nov 2012
#21
Me too. But it could be something as simple as friendship/who-this-person-knew.
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#7
Maybe Cantor and the GOP are the whistleblowers and they have invented this imaginary person to
ciking724
Nov 2012
#9
The Politico article also mentions Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.), who took the "informant" to Cantor
ciking724
Nov 2012
#11
Was the whistle-blower shopping around the information in search of a deal?
OakCliffDem
Nov 2012
#12
Why would a Lebanese woman, an unpaid social liaison to an airforce base in Tampa, go to Reichert?
yardwork
Nov 2012
#35
The person who went to Reichert was NOT Jill Kelly, but an FBI employee
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#38
Good on Cantor, it sounds like he did the right thing with the information he received.
ChillZilla
Nov 2012
#24
Beat this drum as often as possible: FBI agent NOT whistleblower but leaker
justiceischeap
Nov 2012
#36