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Showing Original Post only (View all)Whistle blower atty. Mark S. Zaid responds: "Publishing details about the whistleblower will only [View all]
Whistle blower atty. Mark S. Zaid responds: "Publishing details about the whistleblower will only lead to identification of someone, whether our client or the wrong person, as the whistleblower. This will place this individual in a much more dangerous situation
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The NYT is reckless here. WTF were they thinking? They published the article after the president threatened the wb.
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Whistle blower atty. Mark S. Zaid responds: "Publishing details about the whistleblower will only [View all]
MelissaB
Sep 2019
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Thank you, Melissa - I had just checked his and Bakaj's tweets for a statement, found nothing-
Leghorn21
Sep 2019
#5
I'd bet they could as well, but the Times just pointed right to him/her saving them a LOT of time.
MelissaB
Sep 2019
#14
It's not the WH (be sure they know who it is), it is the deplorables to watch out for:
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2019
#23
I don't think a CIA agent needs to worry about some good ol' boys from Alabama.
brooklynite
Sep 2019
#24
Especially after tRump has publicly threatened present and future witnesses and whistleblowers. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2019
#17
Witness protection should be an after-thought at this moment. We're talking powerful mobsters
ffr
Sep 2019
#20
Christopher Steele disappeared for a while after his identity released...he knew how
wiggs
Sep 2019
#21
considering the kind of stuff that the REAL right wing is publishing these days ..
stopdiggin
Sep 2019
#28
Maybe trump is the one who will or have someone leak it to the press and use it to threaten them,
duforsure
Sep 2019
#27