Who the hell cares if his name is released? Hiding it is preposterous. I thought I heard he’s in the private sector now anyway.
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It’s important because if his name is on officially released transcripts, then he has officially been ‘outed’. IE, there is no more argument that his identity is still a secret.
Nothing in the transcript indicates that he's the whistle blower.
They just asked Taylor if he had met this individual.
That's it.
No; he did not go back to the private sector; he left the NSC (National Security Council) after unspecified ‘death threats’; and went back to “his agency” as the MSM wrote; which means the CIA.