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Intelligence Community inspector general reportedly finds Grusch's complaint 'credible and urgent'

When: Jul 2022
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

David Grusch, whose May 2022 complaint the Inspector General reportedly found credible and urgent U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs (screenshot from..., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

According to a 2023 report by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, the Intelligence Community Inspector General found David Grusch's May 2022 complaint 'credible and urgent' in July 2022. The finding itself has not been published; Grusch testified he filed a PPD-19 urgent-concern complaint.

Sources

OfficialDavid Grusch opening statement, House Oversight hearing on UAP (opens in a new tab)U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability / 2023-07-26
PressIntelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin (opens in a new tab)The Debrief (Leslie Kean, Ralph Blumenthal) / 2023-06-05

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How the story came out

Happened Jul 2022. First made public 1 year later (5 Jun 2023).

This reports on David Grusch files whistleblower complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General (May 2022).

Jul 2022It happened (this event)
5 Jun 2023The Debrief publishes the David Grusch whistleblower story - first made public

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Where it fits

Earlier in WhistleblowersDavid Grusch files whistleblower complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector GeneralMay 2022 Later in WhistleblowersRyan Graves founds Americans for Safe Aerospace2023

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