>> MR. VINDMAN YOU TESTIFIED IN
YOUR DEPOSITION THAT YOU DID
NOT KNOW THE WHISTLEBLOWER.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN YOU
TESTIFIED YOU DID NOT KNOW WHO
THE WHISTLEBLOWER WAS.
>> I DO NOT KNOW WHO THE
WHISTLEBLOWER IS.
>> HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO NAME THESE PEOPLE AND THEN
OUT THE WHISTLEBLOWER?
>> PER THE ADVICE OF MY COUNSEL
I'VE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO ANSWER
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT
MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
>> ARE YOU AWARE THIS IS THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE THAT IS
CONDUCTING AN IMPEACHMENT
HEARING?
>> OF COURSE I AM.
>> WOULDN'T THE APPROPRIATE
PLACE FOR YOU TO COME TO TO
TESTIFY WOULD BE THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ABOUT
SOMEONE WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY?
>> RANKING MEMBER, PER THE
ADVICE OF MY COUNSEL AND THE
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CHAIRMAN,
I HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO
PROVIDE ANY SPECIFICS ON WHO I
HAVE SPOKEN TO WITH INSIDE THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
WHAT I CAN OFFER IS THAT THESE
WERE PROPERLY CLEARED
INDIVIDUALS, A PROPERLY CLEARED
INDIVIDUAL WITH A NEED TO KNOW.
>> THIS IS -- YOU COULD PLEAD
THE FIFTH, BUT YOU ARE HERE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS AND YOU ARE
HERE UNDER SUBPOENA.
SO YOU CAN EITHER ANSWER THE
QUESTION OR PLEAD THE FIFTH?
>> EXCUSE ME.
ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT WE ARE
FOLLOWING THE RULE OF THE
COMMITTEE, RULE OF THE CHAIR
WITH REGARD TO THIS ISSUE.
AND THIS DOES NOT CALL FOR AN
ANSWER INVOKING THE FIFTH OR
ANY ISSUE LIKE THAT.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULING OF
THE CHAIR.
>> COUNSELOR, WHAT RULING IS
THAT?
>> COUNSEL IS CORRECT.
WHISTLEBLOWER HAS A STATUTORY
RIGHT TO ANONYMITY.
THESE PROCEEDINGS WON'T BE USED
TO OUT THE WHISTLEBLOWER.
>> I HAVE ADVISED MY CLIENT
ACCORDINGLY AND HE WILL FOLLOW
THE RULING OF THE CHAIR.
IF THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE OR
YOU WANT TO WORK SOMETHING OUT
WITH THE CHAIR, THAT'S UP TO
YOU, MR. NUNES.
>> WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO
SUBPOENA THE WHISTLEBLOWER TO
SIT FOR A DEPOSITION.
THE CHAIR HAS TABLED THAT
MOTION AND HAS BEEN UNWILLING