Posted on 11/11/2019 10:18:17 PM PST by bitt
Eric Ciaramella, the alleged Ukraine whistleblower, was long suspected of deliberately attempting to damage President Trump's foreign policy from the inside and had access to policy information far beyond his regional expertise, according to former National Security Council officials.
Ciaramella, 33, a career CIA analyst, was Ukraine director on the NSC toward the end of the Obama administration and stayed there during the first few months of the Trump administration, when he was acting senior director for European and Russian affairs and then special assistant to Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was Trump's national security adviser, until he left the White House in summer 2017.
Now a deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia on the National Intelligence Council, Ciaramella is suspected of being the official who filed a complaint about a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats are pursuing the impeachment of Trump, accusing him of linking Ukrainian military aid to investigating corruption related to business dealings by former vice president Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.
“The person that I always felt extremely uncomfortable around was Eric Ciaramella. He was one of the few guys around who seemed to know where the filing cabinets were, so to speak,” one former official told the Washington Examiner, adding that Ciaramella was antagonistic at an early Trump administration gathering when it was said that the goal was to turn Trump’s campaign promises and platform into policy.
When the issue of Ukraine was brought up at a policy meeting, Ciaramella mentioned aid to Ukraine. He became visibly upset, the official recounted, when he was told that Trump would review Ukraine policy and that it would likely not be the same as President Barack Obama’s.
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Bkmk
A Fed is hired under a career-conditional appointment. The person must complete a 1-year probationary period and a total of 3 years continuous creditable service to attain a career appointment. That's all.
I agree with you.
But this link is about this Eric guy leaking information from national security meetings.
I thought I saw a report of Ciaramella visiting the Obama WH hundreds of times. If true, hundreds of times at the end of the admin? Reason enough to subpoena the expletive-deleted.
“Or was he swiftly promoted in the CIA because of who he knew and blew? “
He was a 15 level employee, something usually not seen until around 50 years old. How did he get such a promotion??
He was a 15 level employee, something usually not seen until around 50 years old. How did he get such a promotion??
He was a connected political operative.
Trump is over the target — and it is Ukraine! It is a huge funnel for corruption. This is why the Dems are so worked up to squelch it with impeachment hearings.
If it can be proven that his loyalties were to a foreigen entity and not to his President, then he definitely needs to hang.... But, I don't think he should hang by himself.. He had LOTS of help.. :(
Err.. “foreign”...whatever....................
See 49.
The entire swamp, Faux included, is in on this.
Trump has yet to use law enforcement as a weapon against these criminals taking over our country.
When I just post the link, it won’t work. Here is the critical segment from Sunday’s ///ERASED/// Media Buzz, where Mollie Hemingway uttered the forbidden name. I sent it to Vlad for safekeeping. Here it is on “D.Tube.” It takes a few seconds to load on my machine, but it runs.
Fox even forced 3rd-party Youtube fox mirrors to take down this show. No other shows, just this one. But it’s saved here.
https://vladtepesblog.com/2019/11/11/cia-leaker-named-on-fox-panel-reaches-for-xanax/
You can almost hear the set director in the background yelling “Cut the Feed, Cut the Feed!!”
Your comment was perfect.
“Note that the DemSocRat shill says, “That might be the first time that THE name has been mentioned on FOX News.” He didn’t say “A name.” He said “THE name”. This is such a farce. They ALL know the name Eric CIAramella. This is reaching Soviet Pravda levels of hiding obvious truths.”
33 yr old “career analyst”...
Seems a bit overstated. Instead I’m thinking soy boy social justice warrior that has about 5 yrs of employment but lots of “education”.
My thoughts exactly.
Following the “Fair and Balanced” Pravda Model.
When this guys name was first leaked I made a comment here about what a snake in the grass McMaster was and someone rushed in to defend him, said I was a clueless fool and McMaster came into a situation and had to play with the cards dealt, more or less. First off, bull. Second off, he PICKED Ciaramella and then refused to try to identify the leaker. I never want to hear how McMaster was some sort of white knight in a bad situation again.
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