From NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/...
Turns out Cantor's "whistleblower" was not a whistleblower but a person who sent shirtless pics to one of the women in the investigation and leaked it to Cantor for political purposes because he thought it was a "coverup for Obama".
Ms. Kelley, a volunteer with wounded veterans and military families, brought her complaint to a rank-and-file agent she knew from a previous encounter with the F.B.I. office, the official also said. That agent, who had previously pursued a friendship with Ms. Kelley and had earlier sent her shirtless photographs of himself, was “just a conduit” for the complaint, he said. He had no training in cybercrime, was not part of the cyber squad handling the case and was never assigned to the investigation.
But the agent, who was not identified, continued to “nose around” about the case, and eventually his superiors “told him to stay the hell away from it, and he was not invited to briefings,” the official said. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday night that the agent had been barred from the case.
And more:
Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his “worldview,” as the official put it, he suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama. The agent alerted Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who called the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, on Oct. 31 to tell him of the agent’s concerns.
The official said the agent’s self-described “whistle-blowing” was “a little embarrassing” but had no effect on the investigation.
TPM's take:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
So basically this entire scandal both at the outset and in the denouement was driven by Freakshow FBI Agent X who both wanted to bed the victim of the alleged harassment and also decided that the FBI was covering up it’s investigation of the Tampa socialite to protect President Obama. And this because of his “worldview”. Please let us meet this awesome example of American law enforcement.
So this FBI agent who had sent shirtless pics of himself to one of the investigation's subjects decided that he would tell Cantor because he believed it was covered up to protect Obama. Remember, the only person calling him a whistle blower was Cantor. Look at my comment history and you'll notice I said this before.
Cantor lied about this person being a whistleblower. Instead it was a person who was continuously trying to compromise an ongoing investigation, and leaked it to Cantor for purely political reasons.