‘Deep throat’: Whistleblower lawyer says client’s identity could remain unknown for decades
11/6/2019, 4:31:08 PM · by deplorableindc · 56 replies
Washington Examiner ^ | Nov. 6, 2019
Attorneys for the whistleblower who triggered impeachment proceedings against President Trump see the three-decade “Deep Throat” mystery as a model for keeping his identity secret. The secret of “Deep Throat” was kept from the early ‘70s until 2005, when former FBI associate director Mark Felt came forward at 91 years old. He died two years later. Whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid, an aficionado of Watergate history, said leaving his client’s identity unresolved indefinitely would encourage future whistleblowers. Our ideal ending is that the identity of the whistleblower is never known and the individual continues on with their personal and professional life...
Mark Zaid is partners with Andrew Bakaj , a former Schumer and Hillary Clinton staffer, and Charles McCullough, a Clapper staffer...
Anti-Trump Whistleblower Attorney Worked Directly For James Clapper
10/9/2019, 12:00:08 PM · by Red Badger · 27 replies
Thefederalist.com ^ | October 9, 2019 By Tristan Justice
One of the attorneys representing the anonymous whistleblowers accusing President Donald Trump of conspiring with foreign leaders to interfere in the next U.S. presidential election used to report directly to former director of national intelligence James Clapper. Charles McCullough, an attorney now representing the whistleblowers with Andrew Bakaj, a former staffer for Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton, was previously the inspector general of the intelligence community (ICIG) at the height of the Clinton email scandal. Now a partner at the Compass Rose Legal Group, McCulloughs professional biography on the law firms website notes that he reported directly to Clapper...