Maguire is either more corrupt than I imagined or is more obtuse than I thought

[Atticus]

possible.

His testimony should be cross-referenced to "clusterfuck" and "sha-boom, sha-boom".

[vlyons]

1. more corrupted by self-interest and fear

Fear of losing his job. Eventually he will lose his job in 2020 if not sooner, when the next POTUS shows him the exit door.

[OnDoutside]

10. Exactly. #ETTD. 36 years of service reputation goes up in smoke.

[cynatnite]

2. I don't think he's corrupt, but he's definitely not obtuse...

He knew what he was doing when he kept the complaint to himself.

He has a long distinguished career in the military. I think he got caught up in the tRump regime and enjoyed the power of his position, plus having a direct line to the WH.

[bigbrother05]

7. Retired 3 star, his life is based following the chain of command

As such, when confronted by the ICIG report, he kicked it upstairs w/o regard to public law.

He substituted his judgment and experience for the clear finding of his ICIG. He didn't talk to his legal team, who likely signed off on the ICIG's finding.

The WB law required him to hand the ICIG report over to the Intel Committees and he waffled.

When we look back on this after seeing how Trump and his folks reacted, the DNI's violation of the IC WB law might be seen as the action that broke it open. Had he submitted it by law, the WH likely would have asserted Exec Priv to block Congressional inquiries and we'd never have seen the transcript.

[StarfishSaver]

3. I think he was stuck between a rock and a hard place and was looking for self-preservation

[JCMach1]

5. This right here...

Wrongly applied the statute and used a false notion of executive privilege when laws have most probably been broken...

[Goodheart]

4. He's a fucking Republican HACK.

[TidalWave46]

6. I think a number of people like him...

With long and distinguished careers fully understand what Trump can do to them with one tweet.

[earthside]

8. Keep the Big Picture in view -- Maguire is destroying Trump.

All we needed to get out of this testimony is that the Acting DNI Director has said under oath that the whistleblower is credible and loyal to the United States.

Furthermore Maguire is backing-up the Inspector General's determination that the Complaint is credible and urgent.

What more to you want?

[C_U_L8R]

9. He seems one of those survivor types

Every corporation has em. They linger around forever because they know how to play the game... but never accomplish much.