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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vows to block House efforts to "bully" State Department officials into testifying on the Ukraine controversy.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pompeo-vows-to-block-efforts-to-bully-state-department-officials-to-testify-about-ukraine-11569940841?mod=e2fb&fbclid=IwAR2JA_wjCgo5xZ7jYOEQU2Ye2qLAwpQ8g01e_izni3yn343qN0jOr_NrpzY[/quote]

Gee, this explains why Volker resigned on Friday.  [/quote]

Volker resigned because he probably retained legal counsel when the whistleblower letter was released and Volker's name was mentioned in it.  Volker was thrown under the bus and placed into a conflict of interest position.

Undoubtedly, if Volker did gossip to the whistleblower about matters within Volker's authority (but not within the whistleblower's, which is why the whistleblower could not claim to have "first hand knowledge" about anything in his letter), doing so violated various compartmentlization guidelines.  If there was no "need to know," why was Volker spreading gossip to the whistle blower?  If Volker himself felt the president's conduct was improper, than Volker himself had a duty to report it to the I.G., but did not.

On the other hand, it is far more likely that Volker (and others) were simply "blowing off steam about the boss"--disagreeing with his judgment, but not intending to convey to the whistleblower that they believed the president was clearly acting beyond his legal authority.   IOW, the whistle blower took garden variety "bitching about the boss by the water cooler," conveyed in private, intended to remain private, and abused that confidentiality of his colleagues for the whistle blower's own purposes.

Undoubtedly the whistle blower never intended to be placed in the spotlight, but rather, simply wished to stir up trouble against Trump by giving the I.G. breadcrumbs that "other people" had the "first hand knowledge."   A very standard spy's tactic.  Also used by Comey in fact when he leaked info to a news reporter/friend to facilitate the appointment of Mueller.    Light a fire but leave no trace that you lit the fire.   Standard trade craft in the I.C.

Unfortunately for the whistle blower, there's no way that the House can justify an impeachment vote unless the whistle blower gives public testimony.  The exact same pattern happened with Blasey Ford.  She wanted to be anonymous, however, you can't seriously expect to "take down" a supreme court nominee (much less a sitting President) based on anonymous accusations.[/quote]

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