we're going to need you to wear a bag on your head while you testify."
Posted on 10/07/2019 4:20:38 PM PDT by Magnatron
The House Intelligence Committee and lawyers for the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump's conduct are discussing extreme measures to protect the individual's identity amid growing concerns about his or her safety, according to several sources familiar with the process.
It is still unclear when the whistleblower might ultimately talk with the committee. But talks are underway looking at several options to attempt to prevent the whistleblower from being identified or having his or her name leaked to the press.
Among the measures being discussed are the possibility of using an off-site location, limiting Hill staff and members who would be present and even disguising the individual's image and voice, the sources said. Any secure facility, known as a SCIF, could be used for the meeting, potentially the facilities located at Langley or Ft. Meade.
There are also ways to bring the whistleblower up to Capitol Hill without being seen by the press, including what one source described as the "Petraeus treatment," referring to the former CIA Director and commander of US Central Command, David Petraeus' private testimony from years back.
An aide to one Democratic member on the House Intelligence committee told CNN that discussions about masking the whistleblower's voice and face have been prompted by concerns that Republicans could leak the individuals identity to the Trump administration or the press.
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...so they won't be able to see Brennan's face, I suppose.
What a farce!
LOL - fortunately people in the middle are seeing through this more and more.
What a crock of Schiff.
It's a composite character Democrats created to leak false intel on Trump.
If anything Democrats are likely trying to find someone who can play the role in public just like they did with Christine Blasey Ford.
I’d call this “harboring a felon”.
So they bring in No. 2.....who will corroborate what No. 1 said....and No. 1 will corroborate what No. 2 says.
Sounds like the kids in the playground who deciding what to tell mom about "the incedent".....
If all the kids agree on the story....Mom will believe.
Except Mom isn't dumb....and neither are we.
They’re gonna have to get her a better looking bag than that...
Why? Does Hillary Clinton want him whacked?
BECAUSE...there is no “whistleblower”!
Ol’ Schiff-face simply filed a bunch of papers, and !SHAZAM! a “whistleblower” appears!
We’ve had the transcript for how long already? Now we are going to get to hear what the actual guy who leaked it to the first Whistleblower remembers? Isn’t that a crime of itself? Or did he wright it all down or copy the phone call? Also a crime. And now he is going to what? Sit up there in a hood with a phony voice and read the transcript? Burn the CIA to the ground. Fire everyone, end all the pensions. Enough of this TREASON!
It’s like the msm and dems live in a complete fantasy world and expect others to live there with them
This person is not a whistleblower. This person leaked classified information they weren’t allowed access to. This leaker should be arrested, indicted and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If that happened I suspect we wouldn’t have any more “whistleblowers” stepping up to the plate. I suspect the 2nd one knows the gubmint will figure out he told the 1st scum bag about the call and he is just trying to save his wothless, gossiping, seditious self by saying he is a whistleblower. They both belong in the same cell Epstein was in.
Exactly what I was thinking
Of course, since we already have the transcript of the call, what, exactly, are they revealing?
BTW, why would a Ukrainian investigation into corruption hurt Joe Biden?
LOL.
5.56mm
Beat me to it! And I agree, for what better way is there to keep the completely secret.
Is that you Shifty?
CIA should NEVER EVER be considered a whistleblower, a LEAKER yes, a TRAITOR yes, but a whistleblower is BS!!! CIA, FBI. STATE have ALL been weaponized and are NOT to be trusted NEVER!!!
It’s like Lewinsky. Leak out all of the details over time them blame the other side.
If the public got the full weight all at once, it’d be over.
Rules changed after they got the whistle.
Whistle blower says he only heard about it.
Fuller Schiff reads a fake transcript to Congress to taint public perception of Trump.
Fuller Schiff denies conversing with the whistle blower but his staff did a month ago
Biden denies bragging about using money to coerce the firing of a prosecutor and denies ever meeting people at the oil firm his son was earning millions from. Photo says otherwise.
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