Scoop: @ChuckGrassley, a whistleblower champion, wrote @USAID chief Barsa today abt concerns over a "potential pattern of abuse" over political weaponizing of security clearances. The panel has been probing this for mos. after my reports on the firing of whistleblower Mark Moyar
. @ChuckGrassley also sent a letter to @USAIDOIG Ann Calvaresi Barr, one of the IGs spared in @realDonaldTrump's IG purge, taking issue with the investigation into Moyar's case. Grassley found that the IG probe didn't even look at emails btwn those accused of the retaliation.
Here's the Grassley letter to IG Calvaresi Barr.
Here are my stories about the whistleblower's case -- how he was retaliated against -- had his security clearance revoked and threatened to be fired -- after trying to report serious waste, fraud and abuse at the agency.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/17/a_tale_of_two_whistleblowers_one_protected_one_not_142183.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/10/igs_in_trumps_crosshairs_watching_the_watchdogs__142617.html
IGs in Trump's Crosshairs: Watching the Watchdogs | RealClearPolitics

White House officials are taking a critical look at the records of several administration inspectors general, part of the cadre of internal agency watchdogs tasked with serving as the first line of...

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/17/a_tale_of_two_whistleblowers_one_protected_one_not_142183.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/17/a_tale_of_two_whistleblowers_one_protected_one_not_142183.html
A Tale of Two Whistleblowers: One Protected, One Not | RealClearPolitics

A Trump political appointee who reported allegations of rampant government waste, fraud and abuse has experienced none of the protections granted the whistleblower who filed the Ukrainian aid...

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/17/a_tale_of_two_whistleblowers_one_protected_one_not_142183.html
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