Washington DC uses a system of decades-long constructed silos to control and ultimately hide information adverse to the interests of the DC system itself. Put another way, people within our government have constructed layers of systems to hide the corruption that takes place.
This silo system is challenging to understand; but thankfully many more people have started to comprehend how it works. The constitutional separation of power mechanisms has been weaponized by the corrupt actors, as we outlined in the example yesterday of Adam Schiff hiding the transcript of ICIG Michael Atkinson.
All of us have been frustrated to hear politicians in the legislative branch talk about “sending criminal referrals” to the Dept of Justice, and yet nothing happens. Part of this is created by ‘stakeholder equities’, specific ownership of the underlying documents that do not accompany the referral (locked in a non-compliant silo). The intelligence community is notorious for classifying and hiding the evidence of wrongdoing.
Without the direct and specific evidence, and without an aligned intent from the receiver, the referral itself is more of a legislative fundraising narrative than an actionable event. A pitch without a catcher, and sometimes even without a ball.
You are not alone in your frustration. However, you might remember CTH providing a very specific outline of how a key position within government could be used to change things. {GO DEEP} The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, shutting down the IC from hiding evidence is key. An honest and truthful arbiter of intelligence is a paradigm shift in the DC system; it is also a threat.
With Executive Branch DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassifying purposefully hidden intelligence equities, in combination with the Legislative Branch providing source material from their own silo equities, what you get is an unimpeded flow of information to the Dept of Justice.
