The Beltway's 'Whistleblower' Mystery
Zeroes In on One Name

New Article by Paul Sperry in RealClearInvestigations,
Published Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019

The name of the government official fitting the description of the so-called "whistleblower" is an open secret in normally leak-happy Washington and has been repeated in closed impeachment depositions and other private venues, Paul Sperry reports for RealClearInvestigations. His name is Eric Ciaramella.

RealClearInvestigations is disclosing the official's name, kept hidden since the outset of the impeachment drama, because of the public's interest in learning details of an effort to remove a sitting President from office. Further, the 33-year-old Ciaramella has anti-Trump and pro-Democrat political leanings only hinted at in previous disclosures.

As Sperry reports:

• He's a registered Democrat held over from the Obama White House, a Ukraine expert who previously worked with former Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump.
• He had to leave his National Security Council posting in the White House's West Wing in mid-2017 because "he was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump," said a former NSC official.
• Before filing his complaint, Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah) huddled for "guidance" with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who recently hired on former NSC allies of Ciaramella.
• Ciaramella worked with Alexandra Chalupa, a Democratic National Committee operative who dug up dirt on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

Trump supporters blame "corrupt" and "biased" media for the conspiracy of silence around the official, accusing them of trying to shield the "whistleblower" from justified scrutiny about his political motives. Democrats say outing him would run afoul of the whistleblower protection act -- a disputed assertion - and expose him and his family to danger.