Professor Christina Ford, Judge Kavanaugh’s accuser, claims
that she didn’t originally want to come forward, and had asked that her July 30
letter to Senator Feinsetein, and her contacts with The Washington Post, which according to the Post had been going on for several weeks before her name became public,
be kept confidential, because she didn’t want the media and public attention on
her family and herself (a wise decision). She claims she only came forward once
she was outed by the press.
A question no one seems to be asking is just who outed her?
Did she out herself? Did someone in The
Washington Post reveal her name? Did someone in Senator Feinstein’s staff
leak her name? Senator Feinstein says she forwarded the letter to the FBI. Did
someone in the FBI leak the name?
If in fact Professor Ford herself is the one who actually outed
herself, after claiming that she wanted to stay anonymous, then I would grow suspicious of her motives and veracity.
If Senator Feinstein or someone on her staff leaked the name
to the press, this suggests the whole scheme has been pretty dirty politics, and
Senator Feinstein’s claim that she withheld the letter from her colleagues because
she keeps her word rings pretty hollow, and she sacrificed Ford’s anonymity for
her own political purposes. Perhaps I am too cynical, but after her deceitful behavior
last week I wouldn’t put it past her.
If someone in The Washington
Post staff leaked the name, it certainly doesn’t make the Post look very good. But then, the Post has hardly been impartial in this whole affair, or on much of
anything in the Trump administration.
If someone in the FBI leaked the name, this is really
serious. The FBI is already in trouble for deliberate, politically-motivated leaking.
This shows the problem is even worse than we thought.
It seems to me we ought to be asking exactly how Professor
Ford’s request for anonymity was subverted. It might make a great deal of
difference in how we interpret her allegations.
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