An Open Letter to the American People: We are former national security officials who proudly served in a wide array of roles throughout the U.S. Government.  We are writing about the Intelligence Community whistleblower’s lawful disclosure, which was recently made public.  While the identity of the whistleblower is not publicly known, we do know that he or she is an employee of the U.S. Government.  As such, he or she has by law the right—and indeed the responsibility—to make known, through appropriate channels, indications of serious wrongdoing.  That is precisely what this whistleblower did; and we applaud the whistleblower not only for living up to that responsibility but also for using precisely the channels made available by federal law for raising such concerns.    A responsible whistleblower makes all Americans safer by ensuring that serious wrongdoing can be investigated and addressed, thus advancing the cause of national security to which we have devoted our careers.  What’s more, being a responsible whistleblower means that, by law, one is protected from certain egregious forms of retaliation.  Whatever one’s view of the matters discussed in the whistleblower’s complaint, all Americans should be united in demanding that all branches of our government and all outlets of our media protect this whistleblower and his or her identity.  Simply put, he or she has done what our law demands; now he or she deserves our protection.    Signed,     Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Former Ambassador to Malta; Former Consul General to Saudi Arabia; Former Deputy Coordinator for Programs and Policy, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State    Javed Ali, Former Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council  Donald Ayer, Former Deputy Attorney General, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and U.S. Attorney, Department of Justice    Rand Beers, Former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security; Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, National Security Council    William M. Bellamy, Former Senior Vice President, National Defense University; Former Ambassador to Kenya  Daniel Benjamin, Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State    Jenna Ben-Yehuda, Former Senior Military Advisor, Department of State  Robert O. Boorstin, Former Senior Director for Communications, National Security Council; Former Senior Advisor to the Secretaries of State and Treasury    Aurelia E. Brazeal, Former Ambassador to the Federated States of Micrones   source - https://compassrosepllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Whistleblower-Letter-WSJ-Nat-Sec-Officials.pdf