Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one [Sen. Wyden to CIA] public unless they feel a paper trail...

[demmiblue]

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

h/t Sahil Kapur

— Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:52:57.870Z

This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:53:51.413Z

[FakeNoose]

1. He can't tell the public what the letter is about

... BUT he wants to make sure that we all know there IS a letter and it MUST BE important.

[demmiblue]

2. I'm guessing that it has something to do with this:

Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.

— Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T16:09:06.425Z

Or something else Tulsi-related.

[erronis]

3. Yup. Hope that whistleblower is well hidden/protected.

[flashman13]

4. I'm not sure what it is, but there is something very funky going on here. It smells of Trump and Putin.

[Raven123]

5. Also to make sure they don't claim they didn't get it. Good move