Whistleblower's Attorney Threatens Legal Action Against Journalists For Outing Their Client

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Whistleblower's Attorney Threatens Legal Action Against Journalists For Outing Their Client
Beth Baumann

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Posted: Nov 03, 2019 5:57 PM

The Ukrainian whistleblower's legal team has repeatedly maintained the notion that their client's anonymity is important and is protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989.

According to the legal team's statement released on Thursday, the government isn't the only party responsible for protecting the whistleblower's identity. The media has a responsibility as well. Should a journalist or media outlet publish the whistleblower's name, they could face legal recourse:

    Accordingly, we neither confirm nor deny the identity of the Intelligence Community Whistleblower. Our client is legally entitled to anonymity. Disclosure of the name of any person who may be suspected to be the whistleblower places that individual and their family in great physical danger. Any physical harm the individual and/or their family suffers as a result of disclosure means that the individuals and publications reporting such names will be personally liable for that harm. Such behavior is at the pinnacle of irresponsibility and is intentionally reckless.

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[jpsb]

And what happened to the right to face your accuser? I do believe a Constitutional guaranteed right takes precedent over
any laws written by Congress.

[Free Vulcan]

I actually read the intelligence whistleblower law and several interpretations, and no where did I see anything about the individuals ID requiring anonymity, especially in the media.

Nutty liberal lawyers doing what nutty liberals do - besainting their protected peoples with qualities not found in the law or the Constitution.

[PeteS in CA]

Accordingly, we neither confirm nor deny the identity of the Intelligence Community Whistleblower.

Riiiii-ight. You're breathing threats of legal action because some media people are calling out the wrong guy! Not buying that bridge, bungling legal beagles. Either media people have called out the right guy or one of the leakblower's sources which will lead to exposure of the leakblower.

And the only way the leakblower is in more danger than I am is if the murder rate of where he lives is higher than the murder rate of where I live.

[PeteS in CA]

I actually read the intelligence whistleblower law and several interpretations, and no where did I see anything about the individuals ID requiring anonymity, especially in the media.

Nutty liberal lawyers doing what nutty liberals do - besainting their protected peoples with qualities not found in the law or the Constitution.

The longer the leakblower is annoymorous the longer public examination of his credibility is delayed, and the more - or so the Dems hope - his narrative is fixed in the public mind.

[Cyber Liberty]

The longer the leakblower is annoymorous the longer public examination of his credibility is delayed, and the more - or so the Dems hope - his narrative is fixed in the public mind.

Precisely.  That is the ground-game of "perception."  Perception beats out Reality every time.