House Democrats consider masking
identity of whistleblower
SFGate,
by
Rachael Bade
,
Greg Miller
,
Ellen Nakashima
&
Karoun Demirjian
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
10/8/2019 7:18:48 AM
House Democrats are weighing extraordinary steps to secure testimony from a whistleblower whose complaint prompted an impeachment inquiry, masking his identity to prevent President Donald Trump's congressional allies from exposing the individual, according to three officials familiar with the deliberations.
The steps under consideration include having the whistleblower testify from a remote location and obscuring the individual's appearance and voice, these officials said.
The efforts reflect the deepening distrust between Democrats running the impeachment inquiry of Trump and their GOP colleagues they see as fully invested in defending a president who has attacked the whistleblower's credibility and demanded absolute loyalty from Republicans.
"There are lots of different protocols and procedures we're looking into
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Condor44 10/8/2019 7:28:05 AM (No. 200874)
Shades of the Stalinist show trials.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/8/2019 7:41:10 AM (No. 200883)
Laws exist to protect a whistleblower from recrimination for his actions but those protections do not include anonymity. On the contrary, especially because Trump is being accused of having committed a crime, the President as would be true for any US citizen has the right to confront his accuser.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
hoopsfan 10/8/2019 7:52:57 AM (No. 200892)
It took 4 SFGate "reporters" to handle this story?
Oh, they must have been so excited.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Daisymay 10/8/2019 8:03:01 AM (No. 200906)
This just shows Pelosi and Schiff are not serious. They KNOW keeping the "so called" Whistleblower(s) anonymous won't fly, but they're putting it out there just to see what people will say. This is America. Even the President has the right to face his accuser. If that isn't going to happen, I'm betting The President won't play!! What are they going to do to him? Put him in Jail? Wouldn't surprise me to see them TRY IT! At that point, we would have a Revolution on our hands!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
3XALADY 10/8/2019 8:07:26 AM (No. 200909)
I thought everyone already knew who he was. Michael something. Or are they talking about the second or third .... or ??? .... one? They are putzes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
udanja99 10/8/2019 8:15:44 AM (No. 200919)
Anyone on the planet who wants to can read the actual transcript. The whistleblower is now superfluous.
Or are they needing to hide his face because he’s Adam Schiffferbrains?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LesUNo 10/8/2019 8:19:40 AM (No. 200923)
What am I missing? The transcript of the call has been released. There is nothing to blow any whistles about
unless we once again get the Libs interpretation of the actual conversation.
“ Trump wants to meet the whistleblower.
What an amateur. If it was the Clintons
he would already be dead and buried. “
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 10/8/2019 8:40:54 AM (No. 200944)
How do we know he's not wizard of Oz behind the curtain?
This could be someone with a script to read.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
TennDon 10/8/2019 8:46:25 AM (No. 200952)
Demokrats are < b>EVIL.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bighambone 10/8/2019 9:01:21 AM (No. 200968)
Looks like the leftist and liberal Democrats intend to bring dark age inquisition days to the USA targeting President Trump. If you were to ask the Democrat low information constituencies what is going on they will tell you “Trump did something”.
To do that the Democrats must figure that they have little to zero chance of defeating Trump in the 2020 election and are desperate.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
davew 10/8/2019 9:04:01 AM (No. 200977)
This is going to end up like the guy in the Liberty Mutual insurance commercial when he gets recognized on the pier and has to jump in the water.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
chillijilli 10/8/2019 9:25:25 AM (No. 201013)
Fine. If they want to be masked, force them to wear burkhas. And while we're at it, put Pelosi and Schiff in one, too. And then insist that anyone connected with this Inquisition wear a burkha as well. That way nobody will know for sure who anybody is and everything they say will be meaningless. Which of course it is, anyway.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 10/8/2019 9:39:04 AM (No. 201032)
We should at least be able to see the person in silhouette. I expect to see fat ankles, a billowing tunic clothing, and a hunched back,
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PostAway 10/8/2019 9:39:26 AM (No. 201034)
This strikes me as an attempt to reenact Watergate. This “Whistleblower” is cast as the necessary but mysterious Deep Throat. Like Woodward or Bernstein, Schiff could tell us who it is but that might put his “source” in danger. This whole thing is boring, stupid, crooked and farcical. Note to the Uniparty: please, just stop this silliness requiring Americans to say you’re brilliant. It’s just plain embarrassing.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 10/8/2019 9:54:14 AM (No. 201053)
Nothing more than a clown show.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 10/8/2019 10:41:29 AM (No. 201116)
Actually, I think they are still casting that part in their phony, stage-managed (badly) melodrama of lies and backstabbing.
There is no ACTUAL 'whistleblower', I am starting to believe, just a place holder, and they are trying to find an actor to play the part.....getting no takers if his/her face will be known, so looking for anonymous actors to play this lying, phony part.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 10/8/2019 11:11:24 AM (No. 201160)
Too bad the left hate the Constitution (6th Amendment), the Bible (Acts 25:16) , Roman law (Calumnia) and other ancient to traditional jurisprudences; the right to to face one's accusers
What a horrible precedence they set with their new Deep State Rules.
And on top of that, they are talking about doing the secret, evil deed, in the belly of the Deep State: in a CIA or NSA facility.... the people who started the lies in the first place.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 10/8/2019 6:10:14 PM (No. 201564)
Nice Try...as soon as he shows up Federal Martial's should arrest him and fingerprint him...DONE!
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