{"id":2680,"date":"2019-12-29T16:26:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2019-12-29T16:26:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T20:26:14","slug":"whistleblowergate-blows-up-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2680","title":{"rendered":"WHISTLEBLOWERgate Blows Up on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Twitter Scrubs Viral Trump Retweet Of Alleged Hoaxblower&#8217;s Name; Blames Glitch Before Banning User<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Twitter blamed a computer glitch after President Trump&#8217;s retweet of a post containing the name alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella mysteriously disappeared from his timeline. After &#8216;fixing&#8217; the issue and restoring the retweet,\u00a0<strong>the user was simply banned<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>from the platform<\/strong>\u00a0so that nobody could see the tweet, which quickly went viral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=SZ6clzzI\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=SZ6clzzI\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=8ctAM7Nw 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=8ctAM7Nw 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=8ctAM7Nw 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=8ctAM7Nw 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=8ctAM7Nw 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png?itok=SZ6clzzI 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trump%20what%20face.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"eff502cc-bc18-4dd2-9f5c-a434a614a8ac\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Rep. Ratliffe suggested Monday that the &#8220;whistleblower&#8221; Eric Ciaramella committed perjury by making false statements in his written forms filed with the ICIG and that Adam Schiff is hiding evidence of Ciaramella&#8217;s crimes<\/strong>\u00a0to protect him from criminal investigations,&#8221; read the tweet made by by now-banned @surfermom77, which describes herself as living in California and a &#8220;100% Trump supporter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=6vqYrbHk\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=6vqYrbHk\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=b3SYBNPb 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=b3SYBNPb 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=b3SYBNPb 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=b3SYBNPb 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=b3SYBNPb 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png?itok=6vqYrbHk 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ciara%202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"df5e799d-3b8d-4825-9076-164c7a5b7fb5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ciaramella has been outed in several outlets as the &#8216;anonymous&#8217; CIA official whose whistleblower complaint over a July 25 phone call between Trump and with his Ukrainian counterpart is at the heart of Congressional impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump retweeted the post around midnight Friday. By Saturday morning, it was no longer visible in his Twitter feed.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted by\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>&#8216;s Lois Beckett for explanation, Twitter blamed an &#8220;outage with one of our systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loisbeckett\/status\/1211081603813822464\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some people reported earlier today that someone had deleted the alleged-whistleblower&#39;s name-retweet from Trump&#39;s timeline. Others of us still see *that tweet* on Trump&#39;s timeline. When asked for clarification, Twitter said this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rftkg3nbus\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rftkg3nbus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XREAvvxjhf\">https:\/\/t.co\/XREAvvxjhf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loisbeckett\/status\/1211081603813822464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By Sunday morning, the tweet had been restored to Trump&#8217;s timeline &#8211; however hours later\u00a0<strong>the user, @Surfermom77, was banned from the platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=c9aFdlgk\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=c9aFdlgk\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=q-AjG_jR 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=q-AjG_jR 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=q-AjG_jR 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=q-AjG_jR 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=q-AjG_jR 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png?itok=c9aFdlgk 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/surfermom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ef9a0b50-87c5-48df-b5fd-8a58ff7151c6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Running cover for Twitter is the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>, which claims &#8220;<strong>The account shows some indications of automation<\/strong>, including an unusually high amount of activity and profile pictures featuring stock images from the internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Surfermom77 has displayed some hallmarks of a Twitter bot, an automated account. A recent profile picture on the account, for instance, is a stock photo of a woman in business attire that is available for use online.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\":1lr.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">Surfermom77 has also tweeted far more than typical users, more than 170,000 times since the account was activated in 2013. Surfermom77 has posted, on average, 72 tweets a day, according to Nir Hauser, chief technology officer at VineSight, a technology firm that tracks online misinformation. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-retweets-deletes-post-naming-alleged-whistleblower\/2019\/12\/28\/37290194-29c7-11ea-9cc9-e19cfbc87e51_story.html\">WaPo<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump retweeted\u00a0<strong>another Ciaramella reference<\/strong> on Thursday, after the @TrumpWarRoom responded to whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid&#8217;s tweet calling for the resignation of Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus after she made &#8220;hostile&#8221; comments &#8211; after she tweeted in November that &#8220;Vindictive Vindman is the &#8220;whistleblower&#8217;s&#8221; handler (a reference to impeachment witness Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s pretty simple. The CIA &quot;whistleblower&quot; is not a real whistleblower! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z6bjGaFCSH\">https:\/\/t.co\/z6bjGaFCSH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHhkY1BGei\">pic.twitter.com\/RHhkY1BGei<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1210316970090024964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/trump-highlights-article-naming-alleged-whistleblower-eric-ciaramella\"><em>Washington Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0notes, &#8220;This week, it was revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/conservative-watchdog-sues-for-alleged-whistleblower-eric-ciaramellas-communications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservative organization Judicial Watch<\/a>\u00a0filed a Freedom of Information Act request in November for the communications of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/pinnacle-of-irresponsibility-attorneys-decline-to-confirm-cia-officer-eric-ciaramella-is-whistleblower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cms-href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/pinnacle-of-irresponsibility-attorneys-decline-to-confirm-cia-officer-eric-ciaramella-is-whistleblower\" data-cms-id=\"0000016e-1eb0-d669-a3ee-feb673e70000\">Ciaramella, a 33-year-old CIA analyst<\/a> who is alleged to be the whistleblower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The watchdog group requested conversations between Ciaramella and special counsel Robert Mueller, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and former FBI attorney Lisa Page.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/twitter-scrubs-viral-trump-retweet-alleged-hoaxblowers-name-blames-glitch-banning-user\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/twitter-scrubs-viral-trump-retweet-alleged-hoaxblowers-name-blames-glitch-banning-user<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter Scrubs Viral Trump Retweet Of Alleged Hoaxblower&#8217;s Name; Blames Glitch Before Banning User<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}