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MelissaB

(16,575 posts) Thu Sep 26, 2019, 02:20 PM Sep 2019

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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 OP

Dreadful editorial decision on the part of the NYT. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #1

And we have Russian bdamomma Sep 2019 #13

One is sitting in.... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #18

Bwahahaha! Ligyron Sep 2019 #25

Well bdamomma Sep 2019 #36

Thank you Melissa! Seriously - journalists are so interested in profit and fame IndyOp Sep 2019 #2

Hold on a second PJMcK Sep 2019 #30

THANKS! jayschool2013 Sep 2019 #32

Journalists make judgement calls IndyOp Sep 2019 #33

The way the amoral pig is talking he would love to know who it is... Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #3

Not good. MelissaB Sep 2019 #4

Thank you, Melissa - I had just checked his and Bakaj's tweets for a statement, found nothing- Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #5

I agree! peggysue2 Sep 2019 #6

Shame on the NYT. StarryNite Sep 2019 #7

The NYT has a lot of blood on its hands already BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #10

Disagree... brooklynite Sep 2019 #8

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

NYT working hard at throwing monkey wrenches into the process BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #9

Trump just referred that the Whistle-blower BillE Sep 2019 #11

From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Sep 2019 #12

NYT obviously not a favorite with DU stopdiggin Sep 2019 #15

Exactly! nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #16

Especially after tRump has publicly threatened present and future witnesses and whistleblowers. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #17

Hey, NYT: STFU! Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #19

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

NY Times turned right wing some time ago ArcticFox Sep 2019 #22

considering the kind of stuff that the REAL right wing is publishing these days .. stopdiggin Sep 2019 #28

I would caution you ArcticFox Sep 2019 #34

I think this person's identity... Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #26

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

WTF NYT, we aren't going to tolerate this complicity anymore. Pepsidog Sep 2019 #29

Man, I'm so slow - just remembered that Pompeo was CIA Director from Jan. 2017 until April 2018. Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #31

Jesus! If they had his home address would they publish that too? flibbitygiblets Sep 2019 #35

"Whether our client or the WRONG person" ecstatic Sep 2019 #37