Intel Chair Mark Warner on Gillibrand AARO hearing: "More disclosure the better"

Sen. Mark Warner on his phone after Ask a Pol asked him about AARO. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Chair, Senate Intelligence Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Warner

Ask a Pol asks:

What are your thoughts on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announcing she’s planning to have the new AARO — or the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — Director Dr. Jon Kosloski come testify for a public Senate UAP briefing this November?

Key Warner: 

“I think, you know, as we've talked about this a lot of times, you know, I think more disclosure the better,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively tells Ask a Pol. 

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Caught our eye:

“I gotta take this one,” Warner tells us.

“Okay.”

Laslo laughs and turns to other reporters.

“He doesn’t have a phone call,” Laslo says. “Actually, no, I bet his staffer called…”

Sen. Warner keeps an eye on Ask a Pol as he waits for a tram. Photo: Matt Laslo

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Warner

SCENE: After voting on the Senate floor, Sen. Mark Warner and an aide exit the Capitol through the basement when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly catches up with Warner before he takes a call (possibly from the aide next to him…) and ends the impromptu interview.

Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo is laughing as Sen. Warner nervously keeps an eye on him after he ended their interview and picked up his phone. Photo: Matt Laslo

Matt Laslo: “Hear Gillibrand's gonna have a UAP hearing in November, it looks like, in the Senate?”

Warner stairs blankly at Ask a Pol.

ML: “…from Armed Services.”

Mark Warner: “I did not — I didn't know. I know she's very interested.”