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You've added some useful detail to my timeline as well as two stunning, one could even say Bombshell!, claims.

First:

August 12th — the ICIG Atkinson, as the Meta Data shows, writes his letter of complaint to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence Oversight standing committees, asserting improper handling of the complaint by the DNI and DOJ for political reasons, two weeks before he could possibly have done any investigation on the complaint, or known about any improper handling.

Let's examine this claim. You're saying that in one day ICIG:

received the WB complaint;
researched the claim to the satisfaction of his legal and other staff;
mapped out everything that would happen over the next 27 days;
anticipated that the Chairmen would grant an additional 7 days beyond the statute;
drafted the letter anticipating precisely the arguments that the ODNI and Administration counsel would make;
had the letter approved by counsel, including researching and noting the specific statutory references in the footnotes;
dated the letter 27 days in the future;
signed the letter; and
published the letter in a form such that you can today go examine the metadata.

Why did he do this heroic feat in no more than 18 hours? What did he have to gain by causing a huge fuss in the office of the ICIG and drawing his staff and counsel into his fraud?

Absolutely nothing.

He would have been much better off taking advantage of the next 27 days to get all of his ducks in a row, draft the letter in an organized way, be able to respond to actual events, etc., etc.

But no, in the best traditions of conspiracy theory we don't ask the actors to be rational. They don't do what's in their best interests, they do what fits our narrative.

I've asked you twice for links to the document that proves your claim. You've ignored both requests.

If what you've discovered is true you have completely demolished the credibility of Atkinson and provided Trump with a political WMD.

You've discovered something that's been missed by every other news organization in the world (well, there may be a blog out there somewhere...)

You'll be on the FReeper wall of fame, probably above Buckhead.

All we need is the metadata from that original letter, which you've analyzed.

Second:

September 9th...Atkinson forwards the entire complaint package to House Committee Chairman Schiff and Senate Committee Chairman Barr, along with his August 12th pre-written (meta data proof) letter

This is another earth shattering discovery.

Every source I can find says the specifics of the complaint weren't released until September 25th.

Can you please provide some links to back up your claim that Atkinson sent the complaint to Schiff and Barr?

Can you speculate on why, if they got the complaint package on the 12th, on September 25th:

"Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr told reporters his committee had received the whistleblower complaint shortly after 4 p.m. Members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and party leaders streamed in and out of a secure hearing room on Capitol Hill late Thursday afternoon to examine the document, which one lawmaker said was 10 to 12 pages long."

Let's examine this claim. You're saying that in one day ICIG:

received the WB complaint; TRUE
researched the claim to the satisfaction of his legal and other staff; FALSE: I said he could not have had time. Read for comprehension!
mapped out everything that would happen over the next 27 days; FALSE: The timeline is, as I told you set by statute. An additional; seven days were requested of and granted by the Congressional committee chairs. FALSE: extra time was unanticipated, just factual; it’s what happened.
anticipated that the Chairmen would grant an additional 7 days beyond the statute; FALSE: Again, why is anticipating actual the events beyond the statutory 21 days necessary to you?
drafted the letter anticipating precisely the arguments that the ODNI and Administration counsel would make; RED HERRING! Did you not read what I wrote in the previous thread? It’s a no brainer legal ruling based on both multiple previous similar cases, and the easy reading of the 50 U.S. Code § 3033 Inspector General of the Intelligence Community enabling legislation, especially subsection (k), § (5) paragraphs (B)&(G) which is quite explicit.
had the letter approved by counsel, including researching and noting the specific statutory references in the footnotes; FALSE; did you not read what I wrote? The ICIG Office career counsel rejected that course of conduct as outside the ICIG’s jurisdiction, they would never approve it. WAKE UP!
dated the letter 27 days in the future; FALSE! Semimojo? Do you understand anything at all about computer files? He dated the letter for the day he forwarded it. The META DATA, the hidden data that Microsoft Word or any other word processor retains, including edits, exposed when he wrote it. Government documents in particular retain everything! SHEESH!
signed the letter; FALSE; he signed on the day he transmitted it. Again, SHEESH!
published the letter in a form such that you can today go examine the metadata. FALSE: the file was made available under FOIA. The META DATA exposed it.

Why did he do this heroic feat in no more than 18 hours?AS SHOWN ABOVE, HE DIDN’T NEED TO DO IT IN YOUR STRAWMAN 18 HOURS.

What did he have to gain by causing a huge fuss in the office of the ICIG and drawing his staff and counsel into his fraud? HE DIDN’T DRAW ANY ”STAFF OR COUNSEL” INTO HIS FRAUD. You keep asserting "facts not in evidence" which are completely false, erecting huge straw crowds. As pointed out above, his staff career counsel issued an opinion that the ICIG had no jurisdiction. He ignored that opinion.

What did he have to gain? Use your head for something other than keeping your hat on, semimojo! He’s a Obama administration hold-over. He’s Deep State. He’s what I’ve told you before, multiple times, he’s playing a role in this drama written by Schiff! WAKE THE HELL UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE INEXPLICABLE ACTIONS ICIG MICHAEL ATKINSON HAS TAKEN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

He changed the regulations outside of normal regulatory procedures. He changed FORM-401 without going through normal approval processes, in the absence of even an acting DNI. He backdated both regulations and the new, unnumbered claim form to some amorphous time in August from their actual release date in late September. He obfuscated the ICIG law, claiming the whistleblower portion of that statute somehow doesn’t prohibit hearsay, or second- or third-hand knowledge for filing reports, merely because it fails to specifically exclude them, when all jurisprudence in the US is built on only allowing direct knowledge testimony, and all such laws are built on that established and well understood, legal background.

Shill

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr told reporters his committee had received the whistleblower complaint shortly after 4 p.m. Members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and party leaders streamed in and out of a secure hearing room on Capitol Hill late Thursday afternoon to examine the document, which one lawmaker said was 10 to 12 pages long."

Yes. I’ve seen it. I posted it on FR. It was written as an attorney prepared legal document, with double spaced numbered lines, with copious legal single spaced footnotes. Counting Atkinson’s three page single spaced cover transmission letter, it’s about eleven pages.

So, semimojo, you now admit you’ve never even read Exhibit #1? Have you even read Exhibit #2, the President Trump - Zelensky call transcript?

Can you speculate on why, if they got the complaint package on the 12th, on September 25th:

If you are wondering about the date issue, that’s easy. Anything sent to Intelligence Oversight committees is by law classified. The Chairmen and ranking members see it and until hearings are scheduled even other members may not see it, limiting the potential for leaks. Ever hear of the "Gang of eight?” That is who get to be privy on such intelligence. The two top leaders of each chamber and the chair and ranking member of each chambers’ intelligence committee. Total, eight people.

On the afternoon of the 25th, President Trump unclassified the call and the complaint, now all congressmembers could read both. Try to learn facts. . . Not assume things.