{"id":131469,"date":"2019-11-06T08:36:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=131469"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:36:18","slug":"ciaramellagate-how-is-this-guy-even-called-a-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=131469","title":{"rendered":"CIARAMELLAgate: How is this guy even called a ‘whistleblower’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>When is a Whistleblower, not a Whistleblower?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

by Renee Parsons<\/p>\n

For those readers who care more about Donald Trump, Obama\u2019s legacy or the Republican\/Democrat parties rather than the Rule of Law and what remains of the US Constitution, the following scenario should be a Giant Wake up Call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the result of an anonymous \u201cwhistleblower\u201d Complaint<\/span><\/a> filed against President Trump on August 12, the House Intel Committee conducted a series of closed-door hearings that violated Sixth Amendment<\/span><\/a> protections while relying on an anonymous WB.\u00a0 <\/span>Right away, those hearings morphed into an impeachment inquiry that took on the spectacle of a clumsy kerfuffle not to be taken seriously \u2013 except they were. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is an essential Ukraine back story which began with the US initiating the overthrow of its democratically elected President Yanukovych in 2014.\u00a0 <\/span>Fast forward to Russiagate followed by Ukrainegate and an impeachment inquiry with Trump telling newly elected Ukraine President Zelensky in their now infamous July 25<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> conversation: \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation in Ukraine; they say Crowdstrike.\u00a0 <\/span>The server they say, Ukraine has it<\/i><\/span>.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, <\/span>possession of the CrowdStrike server is crucial to revealing the Democratic hierarchy\u2019s role in initiating Russiagate<\/span> as the Democrats are having a major snit-fit that now threatens the constitutional foundation of the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

On October 31<\/span>st<\/sup><\/span> the House voted to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry based on\u00a0 <\/span>still mysterious Whistleblower\u2019s allegations.\u00a0 <\/span>At the time, there was still no confirmation of who the shadowy Whistleblower was or whether a Whistleblower even existed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a fact that most whistleblowers bring the transgression proudly forward<\/span><\/a> into the public light for the specific purpose of exposing the deeds that deserve to be exposed.\u00a0 <\/span>At great personal cost, they then provide a credible case for why this offense is illegal or a violation of the public trust and deserves to be made public. This alleged WB, however, defies the traditional definition of a WB who most often experiences the wrong-doing first hand and from a personal vantage while revealing said wrong-doing as a function within an agency of their employment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This WB\u2019s identity has been protected from public disclosure by TPTB, shrouded in mystery and suspicion as if fearful of public scrutiny or that his \u2018truth\u2019 would crumble under interrogation and not be greeted with unanimity.\u00a0 <\/span>What is clear is that this WB had no direct experience but only second-hand knowledge of events which is defined as \u2018hear say\u2019 evidence. \u00a0 <\/span>While <\/span>inadmissible in a Court of law, why should \u2018hear say\u2019 be allowed when the subject is as profound as impeachment of a President?<\/span><\/p>\n

Real-life CIA whistleblower Jon Kiriakou<\/span><\/a> who served 22 months in prison, suggested this \u201c<\/span>whistleblower is not a whistleblower<\/i><\/span> but an anonymous CIA analyst within the Democratic House staff<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>When was the last time a real whistleblower was \u2018protected\u2019 by the government from public exposure<\/span>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There has been no explanation as to why this informant\u2019s identity is necessarily been kept secret \u2013 and not just from the public but from Members of Congress especially as Republican Members have been unable to question him.\u00a0 <\/span>There has been no further information regarding a second \u201cWhistleblower\u201d who allegedly came forward to corroborate the first WB although why it is necessary to corroborate that which has already been publicly revealed remains questionable.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In a once unimaginable example of CIA \u2013 Democratic collusion,\u00a0 <\/span>it turns out that the identity of the alleged WB is not such a secret after all.\u00a0 <\/span>Far from the public eyes of Americans, there has been a coordinated effort to stifle any exposure of his identity; presumably to prevent any revelation of the underpinnings of exactly how this convoluted scheme of malfeasance was organized.\u00a0 <\/span>And as his name and political history within the Obama Administration and Democratic party are publicly scrutinized, it makes perfect sense why the TPTB would prefer to prevent public hearings or keep the WB\u2019s identity under wraps.<\/span><\/p>\n

His identity should have been public knowledge weeks ago and yet it took Real Clear Investigations<\/i><\/span><\/a>,<\/i> an alt-news website to publicly reveal what has been well known within the DC bubble for some weeks.\u00a0 <\/span>The answer to the title question is that this WB is instead a very <\/span>well-connected<\/span> partisan lackey and CIA operative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The alleged WB is said to be a 33-year-old CIA analyst<\/span><\/a> by the name of Eric Ciaramella who was an Obama White House holdover at the National Security Council until mid 2017.\u00a0 <\/span>Consequently, he has deep partisan ties to former VP Joe Biden, former CIA Director John Brennan and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice as well as the DNC establishment.\u00a0 <\/span>And here\u2019s where it get especially interesting;\u00a0 <\/span>Ciaramella specializes in Russia and Ukraine, is fluent in both languages, ran the Ukraine desk at the Obama NSC and had close association with\u00a0 <\/span>Ukrainian DNC hyper-activist Alexandra Chalupa. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ciaramella\u2019s bio reads like a litany of the political turmoil that has consumed the nation for the last three years as it is reported that he had a <\/span>role in initiating the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy while at the Obama White House<\/span> and <\/span>worked with Biden who was the Obama point-person on Ukraine issues in 2015 and 2016 when\u00a0 <\/span>$3 billion USAID funding<\/span><\/a> was being embezzled<\/span>. \u00a0 <\/span>Clearly, Ciaramella has a wealth of information to share regarding the <\/span>Biden Quid pro Quo scandal<\/span><\/a><\/span> which is currently being muzzled by the corporate media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With Ciaramella\u2019s identity revealed,\u00a0 <\/span>a former NSC staffer who was present during the Trump-Zelensky July 25<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> conversation testified that he saw nothing illegal<\/span><\/a> in the talk.\u00a0 <\/span>Tim Morrison told the House Intel Committee that “I want to be clear, I was not concerned that anything illegal was discussed”<\/i> and that the transcript of the call which was declassified and released by the White House\u00a0 <\/span>\u201caccurately and completely reflects the substance of the call.”<\/i>\u00a0 <\/span>As a result, Ciaramella is now refusing to publicly testify<\/span><\/a> before the House or Senate Intel Committees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More recently, Mark Zaid, attorney for Ciaramella has said that his client would accept written questions from Republicans on the House Intel Committee and that his client \u201cwants to be as bipartisan<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span> as possible throughout this process while remaining anonymous<\/i><\/span>.\u201d \u00a0 <\/span>Seriously?\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019s got to be kidding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did the reality of being required to testify in public just recently dawn on Ciaramella or was he not expecting that his every word and utterance would be scrutinized before the entire world?\u00a0 <\/span>Is he so unfamiliar with the Sixth Amendment that he believes a Defendant\u2019s right to confront his accuser should not apply to him or in a Presidential impeachment inquiry? \u00a0 <\/span>Did he actually believe he could make anonymous impeachment accusations against the President of the US without a ripple or without having to directly face questions from House and Senate Republicans?\u00a0 <\/span>Who did he think would protect him from public scrutiny?<\/span><\/p>\n

Given Ciaramella\u2019s extensive partisan history since 2015 and his national security experience with Susan Rice in the Obama White House, it will be interesting if he receives a mention in the IG report on the abuse of FISA warrants and whether Ciaramella\u2019s name has moved to the top of the Durham interviewee list. <\/span><\/p>\n

Renee Parsons<\/i><\/b> has been a member of the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, an environmental lobbyist with Friends of the Earth and staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC. She can be found on Twitter @reneedove31<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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