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Dems eager 2 protect whistleblower considering OFF-HILL interview in secret location, obscuring person's appearance & voice all bc they say they can't trust Trump allies not to leak his identity
House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trumps GOP allies in Congress
House Democrats eager to protect a whistleblower who raised alarms over President Trump pressuring a foreign leader to investigate a political rival are considering testimony at a remote location and possibly obscuring the individuals appearance and voice extraordinary moves to prevent Trumps congressional allies from revealing the identity, according to three officials familiar with the discussions.
Democratic investigators are concerned that without such rare precautions, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee could learn and then leak the identity of the whistleblower, who has agreed to answer questions before the intelligence committees in the House and Senate.
Democrats overseeing the logistics of the testimony for the House impeachment inquiry are discussing a location away from the Capitol as well as a staff-only session that would prevent lawmakers from attending and asking questions.
Aides have considered having the whistleblower testify from a separate location via a video hookup in which the camera would obscure the whistleblowers image and alter his voice, possibly with modification technology. They also are talking about having the whistleblower sit behind a screen or partition. A third option being floated includes audio-only testimony.
Schiff does not want to burn his identity, a senior congressional official said.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-consider-masking-identity-of-whistleblower-from-trumps-gop-allies-in-congress/2019/10/07/171a4b14-e927-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html
House Democrats eager to protect a whistleblower who raised alarms over President Trump pressuring a foreign leader to investigate a political rival are considering testimony at a remote location and possibly obscuring the individuals appearance and voice extraordinary moves to prevent Trumps congressional allies from revealing the identity, according to three officials familiar with the discussions.
Democratic investigators are concerned that without such rare precautions, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee could learn and then leak the identity of the whistleblower, who has agreed to answer questions before the intelligence committees in the House and Senate.
Democrats overseeing the logistics of the testimony for the House impeachment inquiry are discussing a location away from the Capitol as well as a staff-only session that would prevent lawmakers from attending and asking questions.
Aides have considered having the whistleblower testify from a separate location via a video hookup in which the camera would obscure the whistleblowers image and alter his voice, possibly with modification technology. They also are talking about having the whistleblower sit behind a screen or partition. A third option being floated includes audio-only testimony.
Schiff does not want to burn his identity, a senior congressional official said.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-consider-masking-identity-of-whistleblower-from-trumps-gop-allies-in-congress/2019/10/07/171a4b14-e927-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html
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House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump's GOP allies in Congress (Original Post)
MelissaB
Oct 2019
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klook
(12,165 posts)1. Good plan.
The Republicans, of course, will claim this proves it's all fake, but they'd do that anyway.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)2. ...
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)3. Sounds like a reasonable plan,...
If Team trDump or his jack booted minions in either house of congress find out this person's identity - they will crush them.
Look was they did to - I like beer, get trash drunk, then rape and sexually abuse young college women. Kavanaugh now sits on the Supreme Court - and the abused women's lives are in shambles and their names were dragged through the mud again and again.
The right wing is ruthless and vindictive they will crush anyone who seeks to block their paths to political power.