two spooks named in news report
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is putting the heat on Alphabet's YouTube for blocking a video in which Paul named Eric Ciaramella, a CIA analyst, as a person of interest with respect to President Trump's impeachment trial.
“It is a chilling and disturbing day in America when giant web companies such as YouTube decide to censor speech. Now, even protected speech, such as that of a senator on the Senate floor, can be blocked from getting to the American people. This is dangerous and politically biased. Nowhere in my speech did I accuse anyone of being a whistleblower, nor do I know the whistleblower’s identity. Apparently, YouTube has taken it upon itself to decide what questions can even be asked in the public debate, including on the Senate floor.”
Paul’s speech, given during the allotted time for senators to express their thoughts on the impeachment trial, focused on the surveillance state’s abuse of its powers. Paul read the following question:
Though Paul chastised YouTube in his Feb. 13 statement, another media giant that blocked his speech was Fox News, which reported that Fox had caused a rumpus in the Senate -- without permitting the names "Ciaramella" or "Misko" to appear in its report.
While Fox has played the role of pro-Trump advocate, the media firm's refusal to publish two names that were spoken on the floor of the Senate is nothing short of bizarre. Its reporters and commentators bash "the Deep State" all day long. Yet, is not "Deep State" stamped all over what is evidently a secret media agreement to black out newsworthy names?
“It is a chilling and disturbing day in America when giant web companies such as YouTube decide to censor speech. Now, even protected speech, such as that of a senator on the Senate floor, can be blocked from getting to the American people. This is dangerous and politically biased. Nowhere in my speech did I accuse anyone of being a whistleblower, nor do I know the whistleblower’s identity. Apparently, YouTube has taken it upon itself to decide what questions can even be asked in the public debate, including on the Senate floor.”
Paul’s speech, given during the allotted time for senators to express their thoughts on the impeachment trial, focused on the surveillance state’s abuse of its powers. Paul read the following question:
Manager [Adam] Schiff and Counsel for the President, are you aware that House Intelligence Committee staffer Sean Misko had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella when at the National Security Council together, and are you aware and how do you respond to reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the President before there were formal House impeachment proceedings?Paul was referring to a RealClearInvestigations report that Ciamarella and Misko had conspired while both were on the National Security Council to have President Trump removed from office. The report quotes a number of their associates as saying that they had spoken of such a maneuver.
Though Paul chastised YouTube in his Feb. 13 statement, another media giant that blocked his speech was Fox News, which reported that Fox had caused a rumpus in the Senate -- without permitting the names "Ciaramella" or "Misko" to appear in its report.
While Fox has played the role of pro-Trump advocate, the media firm's refusal to publish two names that were spoken on the floor of the Senate is nothing short of bizarre. Its reporters and commentators bash "the Deep State" all day long. Yet, is not "Deep State" stamped all over what is evidently a secret media agreement to black out newsworthy names?
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