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BREAKING: Name of Alleged Whistleblower Left in Public Impeachment Transcripts Unredacted
Newsthud ^ | November 7, 2019 | Paul Goldberg November 7, 2019

Posted on 11/07/2019 6:21:44 AM PST by Eddie01

Name of Alleged Whistleblower Left in Public Impeachment Transcripts Unredacted

NewsUS News BREAKING: Name of Alleged Whistleblower Left in Public Impeachment Transcripts Unredacted written by Paul Goldberg November 7, 2019

Twitter sleuths have noticed the name of the alleged whistleblower, Eric Ciaramella is in the official impeachment transcripts and has not been redacted.

It’s unclear whether the name was not redacted by accident.

Benny Johnson speculated that Democrats may have messed up “BIG TIME.”

Um – why is Eric Ciaramella’s name in the congressional Impeachment testimony?

Dems said they would redact the name of the “whistleblower.”

2 explanations:

1. Ciaramella is not the whistleblower

2. Dems messed up BIG TIME & printed the name of the leaker in their own document pic.twitter.com/YrvUIwbt3y

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 6, 2019

DailyBeast reports the lead impeachment inquiry lawyer for House Republicans named the alleged Trump-Ukraine whistleblower during a deposition with a key State Department witness.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told the lawyer that he did not know the person and had not had conversations with him.

But the fact that he was asked at all underscores what appears to be a longstanding strategy by committee Republicans to insert his name into the public record. The name of the individual ultimately was included in the transcript of Taylor’s deposition.

In subsequent depositions, Democrats have accused Republicans of trying to use the witness interviews as back-door channels for outing the whistleblower. Their fears have grown even more pronounced in recent days as several lawmakers—most notably Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—have threatened to subpoena and reveal the identity of the whistleblower. The president’s son, Don Jr., appeared to take things even farther, tweeting out an article from Breitbart on Wednesday morning naming the alleged whistleblower.

Because of course he did!!! Alleged ‘Whistleblower’ Eric Ciaramella Worked Closely with Anti-Trump Dossier Hoaxer https://t.co/v5kDe0X62u

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 6, 2019

From Vanity Fair

Tuesday, mainstream newsrooms have been unified in their resistance to naming the whistle-blower, whose anonymity is meant to be protected by law, even as several niche outlets have published the person’s alleged identity in recent days.

On Monday night, Rand Paul implored the media, “Do your job and print his name.” On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump Jr. raised the stakes by tweeting the alleged whistle-blower’s name along with a link to a Breitbart article. “The outrage on this is BS. And those pretending that I would coordinate with The White House to send out a Breitbart link haven’t been watching my feed for a long time,” he told Yashar Ali.

In no time at all, the Drudge Report screamed, “JUNIOR OUTS THE WHISTLEBLOWER.” But even Drudge apparently is on the same page as the vast majority of the press: The splash linked to a cautious AFP article that kept the name offline.

Don. Jr. may not have been able to corner the mainstream press into a position where it had no choice but to acknowledge the information he was putting out into the world. But his tweet did seem to alter the landscape a bit.

What happens if, say, his father, or someone else unignorable, were encouraged to do the same thing? “People are trying to soften the ground so someone names him and then we all have to cover it,” one political journalist at a major national news organization told me. “What does the media do when or if the president names him? Or, like, Kellyanne [Conway] on the West Wing driveway? There is a different calculation if someone from the White House names him.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: alexandrachalupa; cia; ciaramella; ericciaramella; impeachment; markzaid; oops; transcripts; trump; trumpukraine; ukraine; whistleblower; witchhunt
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To: Eddie01

Since its public will mega loser Paul Ryan allow Fox to use his name?


61 posted on 11/07/2019 8:20:23 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: z3n

No; he did not go back to the private sector; he left the NSC (National Security Council) after unspecified ‘death threats’; and went back to “his agency” as the MSM wrote; which means the CIA.


62 posted on 11/07/2019 8:29:04 AM PST by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: novemberslady

Eric Ciaramella


63 posted on 11/07/2019 8:31:19 AM PST by dpetty121263
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To: piasa
He’s at CIA last I heard.

And probably on his way to some remote CIA outpost somewhere in the Third World.

64 posted on 11/07/2019 8:32:04 AM PST by CDB
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To: Diogenesis

Yes; this guy is a ‘glue guy’; extremely well-connected in the D-World Administrative State at just 33 years old. Pretty amazing for a guy who was still a student at Yale in 2008 with a crappy major.

It’s uncanny really. He was one of only a dozen or so miserable looking staffers on the portico looking out into the Rose garden for the Trump arrival at the WH for the first time. He’s also in just the 2nd row (!!!) right between Mrs. Macron and FLOTUS on Trump’s trip to France to meet Macron.

The guy is everywhere, with a run of the mill major as far as Yale goes. We need more information on this guy. Who are his parents? What is his background? Why is he consistently physically this close to the levers of power as such a junior staffer?

He speaks Russian, which is valuable in it’s own right; and that is probably how he gets to CIA; but on the surface, he doesn’t seem to have the “Gravitas” (see what I did there); to run in the elevated circles that he clearly does.

Who is Eric Ciaramella?


65 posted on 11/07/2019 8:37:36 AM PST by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: z3n
It does, however, allow the Senate, DOJ, or other interested parties (private lawsuits) to reference the document to subpoena for testimony.

I don't see how this changes anything. Since Taylor testified that he had never spoken to the guy it might as well have been semimojo that they asked about.

There's nothing in the record to tie this guy to the whole affair, except speculation.

66 posted on 11/07/2019 8:50:53 AM PST by semimojo
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To: Alberta's Child

“...we’re being taken for a ride through a major misdirection play...”

Very interesting thought. We know Ciaramella is a leaker, it is why he was sent back to Langley. But do we know the WB?...I would think Jordan or another Republican actually in the SCIF testimony hearings would be able to key in allies if indeed there was misdirection play occurring.


67 posted on 11/07/2019 8:54:35 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: Reagan80

Who is Eric Ciaramella?

he is the guy who is fast becoming as infamous as Monica Lewinsky was..


68 posted on 11/07/2019 8:54:46 AM PST by rolling_stone (no justice no peace and leakers)
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To: Eddie01

What happens if, say, his father, or someone else unignorable, were encouraged to do the same thing? “People are trying to soften the ground so someone names him and then we all have to cover it,” one political journalist at a major national news organization told me. “What does the media do when or if the president names him? Or, like, Kellyanne [Conway] on the West Wing driveway? There is a different calculation if someone from the White House names him.

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The morons who write this appear to be unaware the super-secret whistleblower has about 1m entries in Google. The MSM acts as if it’s the 1970s and they still control the information.


69 posted on 11/07/2019 9:10:24 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Brown Deer
"... Name of Alleged Whistleblower Left in Public Impeachment Transcripts Unredacted...

.... He is not named as the so called "Whistleblower" .... As mentioned in the title of the article .... The Alleged Whistleblower's name was left in the transcript.

70 posted on 11/07/2019 9:16:52 AM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: All

Rush is all over this topic now.


71 posted on 11/07/2019 9:22:30 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE)
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To: Eddie01

If they left it unredacted, it makes me wonder if Ciaramella really is the guy. This whole thing is plan B, in case Russia Russia Russia didn’t work. 2 down and 4 to go, eh Schumer?


72 posted on 11/07/2019 9:22:42 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Eddie01

The Republicans have never heard the whistleblower testify right? Maybe the whistleblower is ever changing.


73 posted on 11/07/2019 9:52:08 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Eddie01
Oops.


74 posted on 11/07/2019 10:09:16 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Williams

They’ll come for him in hoods and sheets, and burn a cross on his front lawn before dragging him to death behind a pickup. Don’t you know anything?/s


75 posted on 11/07/2019 10:14:34 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: a little elbow grease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3WijKhaoEQ


76 posted on 11/07/2019 10:18:31 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Alberta's Child

He’s already said that.

He’s already said they don’t need the original whistle blower’s statements at all.

I don’t know how everyone forgot that.

But Rs must hit schiff for meeting with him BEFORE he went to the proper channels.

They must make this look as illegitimate as it is


77 posted on 11/07/2019 10:19:26 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Eddie01

Eric Kinda Mellow appears to be guilty of sedition and subversion. Worse for him is he participated in the framing of President Trump. And he knows the dim who told him to do so. Expect to see his life insurance policy canceled soon.


78 posted on 11/07/2019 10:24:08 AM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Diogenesis

That is a delicious picture. The only way it could be better is if a few had tears streaming down their cheeks.


79 posted on 11/07/2019 10:27:04 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner
I still maintain Adam Schiff is the whistleblower/leaker, and that it is an entirely fabricated story. They just had to find some willing stooge, this Eric character, to play the role of whistleblower.

You don't seriously think Eric will turn down the 7 figure book deal do you?

80 posted on 11/07/2019 10:28:34 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways to Sunday)
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