WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 9–Whistleblower Aid today sent a letter to the US House and Senate Intelligence Committees following correspondence from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence concerning a long stalled whistleblower disclosure.

“On February 3, 2026, we renewed our client’s request for DNI guidance and notified the DNI that should we not receive guidance by Friday, February 6, 2026, that today we would contact your committees directly to offer an unclassified briefing by counsel,” Whistleblower Aid Chief Legal Counsel Andrew P. Bakaj wrote, referring to the Director of National Intelligence. 

The DNI has not provided Whistleblower Aid with that guidance but has contacted our counsel by correspondence just this morning at 9:01 am. Accordingly, we are in the process of engaging with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Whistleblower Aid, which provides pro bono legal and other support to public interest whistleblowers who come forward to lawfully and securely report wrongdoing, sent Bakaj’s letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 

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