EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Armed Services Chair Jack Reed: “no, I have not” looked into UFO whistleblower Grusch

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Ep. 30 — Sen. Jack Reed* an ex officio member of the Senate Intelligence Committee (7-19-2023)

Matt Laslo

Aug 9, 2023

Episode in the RAW:

Many forget (like me, initially), the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), is an ex officio member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.*

On July 19, I asked Chair Reed if he had looked into UFO whistleblower David Grusch.

“No, I have not,” Reed replies.

We then briefly — but tellingly — discuss Chinese spy balloons and UAPs, as Reed invites me on his senator’s only elevator, which takes us to the 3rd floor before I bellhop him where he needs to be, on the 2nd floor so he can vote on the Senate floor.

*Armed Services ranking member, in this case Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), is also an ex officio member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Listen now (43 secs) | In the RAW: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is the ranking member, or top Republican, on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which gives him a seat on the Senate Intelligence Committee (ex officio, technically). Please do let us know what you think of Wicker’s exchange with Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo. We’ve left this post raw on purpose; intrigued with your takea…

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I cover Congress different. I listen. Learning daily. Even while throwing stones at all the glass houses. This will be a stream of my noteworthy interviews. They're conducted at the US Capitol, if not otherwise noted. Matt Laslo is a veteran congressional reporter, Johns Hopkins University lecturer, fmr. Vice News Tonight/HBO correspondent, etc.