Who?
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight & Accountability Committee
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Ask a Pol asks:
What are you hoping to get out of the AARO [All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office] briefing next week?
Key Moskowitz:
“First of all, I'm glad they're doing it. I think that it’s important,” Rep. Moskowitz exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Look, I think I'm going to have a lot of questions on UAPs — that's what they're in charge of.”
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“We'll talk about some of [UFO whistleblower David] Grusch's accusations, but also, you know, disclosure to the American people, right?” Moskowitz tells us. “Some of the UAPs they're able to explain, they're on their website, right? Other UAPs they're not able to explain. And they're not able to explain them away, like weather, right? I have questions about why they can't do that.”
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“So that's something that's been discussed previously, right? Because we've been trying to get him into a SCIF [sensitive compartmented information facility], and the reason why they were not able to do a SCIF is because, one, it won't get approved, but two, because they took his security clearance away,” Moskowitz says. “No resolve on that. That's why we need the select committee. That's why I'm supportive of a select committee.”
Monetary hold-up? Hasn’t come up w/ Moskowitz
Some say Grusch’s clearance is held up because of a lack of funding, but it sounds like this is more procedural?
“That I don't know,” Moskowitz tells us. “That I don't know.”
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Caught our ear:
“Now, we're filming these things more and more and more. People are seeing it with their own eyes. Why can't they explain what they are? I think there's going to be a lot of focus on that,” Moskowitz tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jared Moskowitz
SCENE: After voting on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Moskowitz was walking across the Capitol grounds on the way back to his office across the street.
Matt Laslo: “How you doin, sir?”
Jared Moskowitz: “What’s going on, how you doing?”
JM: “Living the dream? It’s a f’n nightmare!”
ML: “Right?”
They laugh.
ML: “Did you hear about the AARO briefing next week?”
JM: “Yeah, I'm going.”
ML: “What do you hope to get out of that?”
JM: “Well, first of all, I'm glad they're doing it.”
ML: “Yeah?”
JM: “I think that it's important. Look, I think I'm going to have a lot of questions on UAPs — that's what they're in charge of. We'll talk about some of Grusch's accusations, but also, you know, disclosure to the American people, right? Some of the UAPs they're able to explain, they're on their website, right? Other UAPs they're not able to explain. And they're not able to explain them away, like weather, right? I have questions about why they can't do that.”
ML: “Right? Well, it seems like they’ve focus the conversation on what they can explain, but it's, like, no one has questions about that.”
JM: “Right. Okay. If it doesn't fit into a box — like, it's this, it’s a weather balloon, it's a weather anomaly — then what is it? What is it, right?”
ML: “Yeah?”
JM: “Now, we're filming these things more and more and more. People are seeing with their own eyes. Why can't they explain what they are? I think there's going to be a lot of focus on that.”
ML: “Have you been a part of any discussions about David Grusch's and his security clearance?”
JM: “So that's something that's been discussed previously, right?”
ML: “Yeah?”
JM: “Because we've been trying to get him into a SCIF [sensitive compartmented information facility], and the reason why they were not able to do a SCIF is because, one, it won't get approved, but two, because they took his security clearance away.”
ML: “But no resolve on that?”
JM: “No resolve on that.”
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ML: “But you're hoping for a follow-up on that next week?”
JM: “That's why we need the select committee. That's why I'm supportive of a select committee.”
ML: “Was it a monetary issue? Some people said there was like $20,000 needed to get his clearance, but it sounds like this is more procedural?”
JM: “That I don't know.”
ML: “Yeah? And that wouldn’t make sense to me.”
JM: “Yeah. That I don't know.”
ML: “Yeah? Preciate you. Have a good one.”
Moskowitz turns to enter the Longworth House Office Building.
JM: “Preciate ya.”
Laslo to himself, repeating what Moskowitz said off mic as he entered the office building.
ML: “Preciate ya.”
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