host: this is kel mcclanahan joining us. if you have questions about the whistleblower process, (202) 784-8001 four republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. the dni process with the was, did you see anything wrong with the process? guest: the process worked the way it was supposed to up until the penultimate step. -- someone who is an employee must file a complaint with their inspector general or the inspector general of the intelligence community. they file this thing. then they say this is supposed to be in icwa complaint. they have to spell that out. the inspector has 14 days to look it over, to do a preliminary investigation to see if it is credible and see if it pertains to urgent concern. is not a generic term. it's in the statute. something that is a flagrant violation of law or executive order, something involving an intelligence matter. anything that happens after of urgentretaliation concern. that, he goes to his director at the dni. he says i have deemed this to be an urgent concern. you have seven days to make