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"That's just disgusting," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) exclusively tells Ask a Pol. "Someone needs to lose their job."Update: The Intercept piece has been published, and its author clarifies that the report was not leaked, it was received via a FOIA request to the county:
While Burchett says it's too early to know where the leak came from, he's vowing to "dig into it" personally. And he's also planning to enlist the help of House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to help protect Grusch and other whistleblowers.
"I believe the Speaker will be very angry about this. I think he, like the rest of us, realizes our veterans and their sacrifice," Burchett says.
Burchett says instead of discrediting Grusch, he thinks this will attract
"I think it's gonna blow up in their face," Burchett tells Ak a Pol.
The records were not confidential, medical, nor leaked. They are publicly available law enforcement records obtained under a routine Virginia FOIA request to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and provided by the office's FOIA coordinator. Copies of The Intercept's correspondence with the sheriff's office are being published with this story.The question is whether the journalist was just fishing for info based on a public records search of Grusch's old addresses, or if he was directed where to look.
It has been suggested the "beings" could be drones covered with cloth and masks to scare the locals by illegal miners in a Scooby Doo-style scheme.
Others have suggested the sightings could be a case of mass hysteria.
Police and the navy are now investigating the claims - with locals calling for a military force to be deployed in the region, which is a 10-hour river ride from Iquitos City.
Peruvian ufologist Anthony Choy claimed he had heard of accounts from across the Amazon about the so-called "aliens".
He stated he had heard there was a report from the city of Pucallpa of three boys being "attacked with laser beams".
And he claimed there was a similar report from the town of Contamana.
But he speculated this may be a case of mass hysteria - with real stories being embellished.
He suggested reports of human traffickers may be becoming intertwined with folklore and reports of alien abductions.
"There are legends that speak of the so-called 'peelers' who are a kind of mythical characters," he explained.
"That is what the communities constantly repeat."
Comment: The bipartisan team have sent a letter to the current Intel Community IG asking for the information provided to him by Grusch (since they have been unsuccessful getting permission to get Grusch in a SCIF). Here's the press release: Here is what they want from him: They are requesting Monheim respond by Sept. 15, and if a SCIF is required, no later than Sept. 26.