"The tip line was created to be a confidential method for Justice Department employees to provide the Judiciary Committee with information that might aid the Committee in its ongoing investigation of politicization at the Justice Department. Because of the confidentiality agreement, the Committee will not discuss any emails sent on this tip line.
A technological error in a recent communication inadvertently disclosed certain email addresses. The Committee has not begun its review of the emails, and does not know if any of them are in fact from Justice Department employees as opposed to private citizens expressing more general views.
The Committee apologizes for any concern this error may have caused, and is making every effort to protect the confidentiality of those who chose to provide information on the tip line."
The 'technological' error?
They pasted the email addresses of ALL wanna-be whistleblowers into the to: field, instead of the bcc: field. Then when trying to 'recall' the first email, they did it again. Oddly, vicepresident@whitehouse.gov was also copied.
Has recalling email ever really worked? From what I understand, you would have to recall it before it clears the mail server, which could take milliseconds.