Don’t know anything about Matt Laslo, but here’s the summary of the post via GPT.

Title: EXCLUSIVE: Rubio says UAP whistleblower first credibly vetted, referred to Congress | Matt Laslo on Patreon

Summary:

  • The latest Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP; formerly UFO) whistleblower, former US intelligence officer David Grusch, has been vetted by the inspector general and found credible. This is the first time a UAP whistleblower has gone through this process, according to Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Marco Rubio.

  • Rubio confirmed that not only Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of both the Select Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, is actively vetting Grusch in the Senate, but he has also been interviewed by the Intelligence Committee staff.

  • The whistleblower’s claim is that there are programs that should have been notified to Congress but were not. Rubio stated that such claims have been made for years, and they would be very disturbed if true.

  • More exclusive, breaking congressional UAP news is expected in the ensuing days and weeks.

Edit: fixed the authors name.

And here’s a summary of who Matt Laslo is, also had GPT do a bit of research on if we should bother paying attention.

Matt Laslo is a freelance reporter based on Capitol Hill, covering Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court since 2005. He has filed stories for over 40 local NPR stations and his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Campaigns and Elections Magazine, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, National Public Radio, The Omaha World-Herald, Pacifica Radio, and Washingtonian Magazine. His reporting blends traditional methods with new media, such as his former blog for Capitol News Connection with PRI and his use of Twitter (source).

Laslo has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in Government and Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University (cum laude). His thesis, titled “The Trading Game: Why ‘Compromise’ Shouldn’t be a Dirty Word in Washington,” explores the impact of hyper-partisanship on contemporary lawmaking. He has sat on the board of the Regional Reporters Association since 2009, representing the declining numbers of regional reporters based in Washington (source).

In addition to his reporting for Raw Story, Laslo has contributed to WIRED, VICE News, VICE News Tonight, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. He also contributes reports to NPR and more than 40 of its affiliates and numerous other publications, including The Atlantic and Billboard. He also operates the Laslo Congressional Bureau, a Washington-based wire service (source).

Laslo also has an academic career. He teaches as an adjunct political communications professor at Johns Hopkins University. He also teaches communications and/or journalism at George Washington University, Boston University, and the University of Maryland (source).

Laslo’s body of work, his academic background, and his commitment to blending traditional reporting with new media suggest that he is a credible and reliable journalist.

  • mkwt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Read the actual interview, and there’s not a whole lot there. Rubio doesn’t commit to anything that’s not already in the public record. He also doesn’t mention Gillibrand at all in the actual interview transcript. Debrief previously claimed that Grusch had been interviewed by Congressional committee staffers and probably counsel as well. Meh.