CORRECTION: Intel Chair Warner: SCIF briefing “totally separate” from AARO hearing

This post has been updated to clarify a previous correction: On Nov. 19th two classified Senate hearings overlapped with each other at 2:30pm EST. Intel. Chair Warner led the Intelligence Committee hearing in the Senate Hart Office Building, which Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo accidentally staked out. The topic(s) discussed are not public. Separately and simultaneously, Senate Armed Services Committee members met with folks from AARO in the Office of Senate Security, ie the Senate SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility). — Prof. Laslo Who?Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Chair, Senate Intelligence Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Warner Ask a Pol asks:Was that AARO — All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office — folks in there? Key Warner: “No,” Warner exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Totally separate.”ICYMI — Ask a Pol broke news after Senate AARO hearing Caught our ear: Was any of that focus on the Langley Air Force Base incursion?“No,” Warner tells us. “No.” ICYMI — Ask a Pol’s Langley exclusive w/ Kaine in MarchBelow find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark WarnerSCENE: After staking out the classified Senate Intelligence hearing Nov. 19th briefing in the Senate Hart Office Building for more than an hour, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo — along with a few other reporters and a handful of Capitol Police officers — Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner was the last senator to emerge from the SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility). Matt Laslo: “Did any mention of — did Langley come up in there?” Mark Warner: “Pardon?” ML: “Was any of that focus on the Langley incursion?” MW: “No.” ML: “No?” MW: “No.” ML: “Because, you know, Gillibrand’s doing a public UAP hearing here at 4:30?” MW: “I’m familiar.” ML: “But was that AARO folks in there?” Warner shakes head no. ML: “No?” MW: “No.” ML: “Totally separate?”Warner shakes head in affirmative.ML: “Yeah.” MW: “Totally separate.” ML: “Yeah, yeah.” MW: “And we are, umm…”Elevator bell dings, then dongs. MW: “… I've got more to do on that one too, so…” ML: “Yeah.” MW: “Come meet me, hit me in a couple of days.” Warner enters the Senator’s Only elevator. ML: “There's a lot — there's a lot flying at us these days, sir.” Warner nods affirmatively. ML: “Preciate ya.” Elevator doors close on the conversation… Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Every bit helps! Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe