Whistle-Blower Is a C.I.A. Officer Who Was Detailed to the White House
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON The whistle-blower who revealed that President Trump sought foreign help for his re-election and that the White House sought to cover it up is a C.I.A. officer who was detailed to work at the White House at one point, according to three people familiar with his identity.
The man has since returned to the C.I.A., the people said. Little else is known about him. His complaint made public Thursday suggested he was an analyst by training and made clear he was steeped in details of American foreign policy toward Europe, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of Ukrainian politics and at least some knowledge of the law.
The whistle-blowers expertise will likely add to lawmakers confidence about the merits of his complaint, and tamp down allegations that he might have misunderstood what he learned about Mr. Trump. He did not listen directly to a July call between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that is at the center of the political firestorm over the presidents mixing of diplomacy with personal political gain.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/us/politics/who-is-whistleblower.html
underpants
(182,274 posts)but THAT could be a violation of some law depending on his position ....or maybe not.
OMG DEEP STATE is in the CIA too!
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,893 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)Maxheader
(4,366 posts)security organizations? Shrub..doubted news about the forthcoming 9 - 11 event...
Stumpy, telling the world during the initial fazes of the back and forth with n. korea, americu had nuke subs in the area?..Yellow haired idiot revealed secrets about israel security..Cheney outed an agent for contridicting the existance of yellow cake..for wmd...
I am glad a cia person pee'd on cheetox...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)She's going to win in NM and kick some butt around here!
BumRushDaShow
(127,302 posts)Scooter Libby, the one who outed Plame, was pardoned by this current President (where Shrub ad commuted the sentence).
SergeStorms
(18,893 posts)I'll go to my grave believing it was Cheney that ordered it. Libby fell on his sword to protect "The Thing that Wouldn't Die", Prick Cheney.
BumRushDaShow
(127,302 posts)Darth ordered it! That was a given!
DVRacer
(707 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,302 posts)In Armitage's case, it was supposedly accidental as part of a casual conversation but Libby did a purposeful leak. This is apparently why Armitage was not charged by a grand jury but Libby was (and found guilty of perjury too).
IronLionZion
(45,258 posts)The administration probably knows which CIA officers were detailed to the White House. If any of them tell Trump, we know he can't resist spilling it.
Catch2.2
(629 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Gothmog
(143,999 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)who for three years has happily printed bullshit from "unnamed White House sources" without ever outing THEM....
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)when we were all saying making enemies of the intelligence community was a very bad idea.
Chakaconcarne
(2,387 posts)not helpful if we wish to protect this individual....
SMC22307
(8,088 posts)Protect this guy and any future whistleblowers.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)federal prison though Pence himself might not if evidence emerges he was involved.
That of course depends on if Trump trusts Pences word on giving him a pardon as it would be funny as hell if he told Trump he would and then decided not to.
Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)Liberalhammer
(576 posts)A great movie that starts with a CIA analyst uncovering a conspiracy.
This is reality. The analyst better be careful and protect himself.
Lulu KC
(2,547 posts)but since the WB is planning to testify, won't his identity be publicly visible at that time? Or close to publicly--in front of GOP members who will spare nothing in leaking his identity?
Definitely needs protection, but I am pretty sure he already knows that.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...It will happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift."
And...
"Well, the fact is, what I do is not a bad occupation. Someone is always willing to pay."
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)note there's a pretty evident familiarity with Ukraine and/or Russia and/or countries of the former USSR. There's also a translation of the call from Ukranian government website. Also note the spelling, Kiev, spelled "Kyiv" and the names are not Anglicized. For ex, Zelensky is spelled "Zelenskyy" and Yuri as "Yuriy". This is the way names would be spelled by Russians/Russian speakers.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)Anything else you can do to discourage future whistle blowers and help Trump on his mission to discredit the media?
BlueTsunami2018
(3,461 posts)Why would anyone say anything about the identity of the whistleblower?
bucolic_frolic
(42,672 posts)on MSNBC today, briefly, that this was whistleblower by committee, a bunch of people who met informally and fronted into one. Don't know if true but if they're that good they'd be adept at confusing anyone who tries to root them out. Sort of fitting after all the deviousness of the 2016 election hacking and disinformation.