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In 2020, intelligence official Brian Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint against the Department of Homeland Security. He accused top officials of pressuring him to suppress intelligence on Russia and instead focus on China and Iran.
This week, the DHS' top watchdog validated his allegation.
NEWSY'S SASHA INGBER: With this new report from the inspector general, do you feel vindicated?
BRIAN MURPHY: Oh, absolutely. So thanks for the question. I do feel vindicated. They tried to suppress the intelligence, and they fed right into the hands of how the Russians go about their disinformation campaigns.
The report from the DHS Office of Inspector General says staff altered an intelligence product about Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election. It dealt with Russia's efforts to stoke concerns about then-candidate Biden's health, diluting the analysis by adding information on China, Iran, and President Trump. The report says then-Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf inappropriately joined the review process, delaying its approval and dissemination.
INGBER: What's going through your head as this happens?
MURPHY: It got heated at times where he would, in a number of instances, try to get me to do unethical things. And I refused. So I knew that it was going to continue to be rough waters. But at the end of the day, that was secondary to doing the right thing.
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