For the past several years I have been advocating for ‘sunlight as the best disinfectant.’ Since September of 2025 I have been working through a painfully slow and convoluted process to share research, assist truth tellers and guide those who have the authority to deliver the sunlight. Today, I can happily report on progress.
In 2019 an impeachment effort against President Trump was triggered when a member of the National Security Council named Alexander Vindman coordinated with a member of the National Intelligence Council named Eric Ciaramella to fabricate a false claim that President Trump leveraged his power and authority to demand Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy release information on Joe and Hunter Biden’s corrupt financial dealings in Ukraine.
At the time of the 2019 impeachment construct Eric Ciaramella was working for the CIA as an analyst within the National Intelligence Council (NIC).
Two years prior to the 2019 impeachment construct, in January 2017, the same CIA analyst, Eric Ciaramella, had worked on the fraudulent Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) at the behest of CIA Director John Brennan.
[SIDEBAR: In 2025 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, working with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, removed the NIC from inside the CIA. To provide greater overall transparency within the intelligence community, the National Intelligence Council was moved into the purview of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)].
Key point: Eric Ciaramella was one of the key analysts who constructed the fraudulent ‘Russian interference ICA’ (2017) and later the fraudulent impeachment effort (2019). Eric Ciaramella became the “anonymous CIA whistleblower” in the 2019 impeachment effort.
Before 2019, CIA analysts weren’t allowed to anonymously make claims against political officials. Because of the sensitive information they handled, any allegation of wrongdoing based on intelligence had to be made with their name attached.
Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson changed or modified the ICIG rules permitting Ciaramella to remain anonymous and make a claim that ultimately led to an impeachment effort.
Eric Ciaramella allegedly fabricated intelligence information, shared it with Congress and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and then remained anonymous. HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff was said to have assisted him.
On October 4, 2019, as part of the House impeachment inquiry, Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson gave closed-door testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) as part of their impeachment investigation. One of the key questions to ICIG Atkinson surrounded the authority of his office changing the CIA whistleblower rules that permitted Eric Ciaramella to remain anonymous.
During later questioning by then-Congressman John Ratcliffe, as part of the House impeachment effort, it came to light that Inspector General Michael Atkinson testified CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, the anonymous ‘whistleblower’, had lied about key details when questioned by Atkinson. WATCH VIDEO:
[The look on Dan Goldman’s face during that questioning was both priceless and insufferable. John Ratcliffe is now CIA Director]
Because the anonymous whistleblower complaint by Ciaramella was the cornerstone of the impeachment effort, Chairman Adam Schiff sealed the transcript of ICIG Atkinson testimony, classifying it under the guise of national security interests and burying it in the HPSCI control system.
It’s worth reemphasizing that Eric Ciaramella was both the analyst behind the disputed 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment for Director Brennan and, later in 2019, involved in the contested impeachment effort. Both operations involved impeding and targeting President Donald Trump.
If congress, or more importantly the American public, had known CIA Analyst Eric Ciaramella was both the key author of the fraudulent 2016 ICA and the later 2019 CIA complaint, it’s doubtful any impeachment effort would have moved forward.
Inside the Intelligence Community oversight system, the Ciaramella connection to both IC operations could have been made. His anonymity as a whistleblower served a purpose. [DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s 2025 decision to remove the National Intelligence Council from behind the curtain of the CIA is additionally supported with this hindsight.]
The transcript of Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s testimony becomes a key document to release because at its core we know that Atkinson testified that Ciaramella lied. The Ciaramella lie is at the heart of the impeachment attempt.
Don’t get lost in the details or the politics of this. When you peel back all the layers of DC, at its epicenter this was an operation to impeach a sitting President that came from within the CIA, and it almost succeeded. {GO DEEP}
When a top administration intelligence official, holding what I believe to be the best possibility of making a difference, reached out, I began the assist by citing specific documents that would reveal a much bigger story. The Atkinson transcript was one of those documents.
I have outlined how the silo system is constructed to intentionally impede or stop review. Adam Schiff isn’t stupid. He knew what he was doing and how to use the separation of powers for his purposes. The executive branch would not easily be able to reach into the legislative branch and extract information. That’s why then HPSCI Chairman, Impeachment Chairman and now Senator Adam Schiff buried the Atkinson transcript in the vault of the House Intelligence Committee.
The process.
♦ First, you need a republican President in the White House √. Second, you need an aligned Intelligence Community DNI √, and third you need a Republican controlled HPSCI √:
[¹] • To extract the transcript the Executive would first need to understand its value. • Then the Executive would need to know where it was. • Then the Executive would need a qualified stakeholder, with appropriate clearances, to request to review the transcript in the HPSCI secure compartmented intelligence facility (scif). • If the HPSCI approved, the Executive would be given an appointment date to read it (no notes, no copying, just reading). • Then, after reading, the Executive stakeholder would then need to request the HPSCI Chair and Ranking Member for a classified copy. • The Chair and Ranking Member would need to agree to the value of the sunlight on the Legislative Branch controlled information. • To get a copy the entire House Intelligence Committee would need to vote on the release to the Executive. • The vote would need to be scheduled on the committee calendar. • A HPSCI vote would then take place:
[SOURCE]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a business meeting to consider multiple Committee actions. During the business meeting, the Committee voted in favor of releasing two transcripts from 2019 hearings with the former Intelligence Community Inspector General, Michael Atkinson. The hearings were held to examine Atkinson’s role in an alleged whistleblower complaint, which ultimately led to Democrats’ first impeachment efforts against President Trump in December 2019. One transcript would be released to the ODNI for classification review, and then subsequently released to the public by the Committee with the second unclassified transcript.
“The great deal of widespread speculation about the Atkinson classified hearing transcript is indicative of the American people’s complete and warranted mistrust of the Intelligence Community,” said Chairman Crawford. “In far too many instances, the IC hides behind the veil of overclassification. Sometimes sunlight is the best disinfectant. As part of the Committee’s continued effort to balance the transparency the American people deserve and the need to protect sensitive national security information, we hope that the release of these transcripts allows the American people to make their own determinations. As Chairman, I remain committed to ensuring this Committee, where possible, is transparent as the IC works to rebuild trust with the American people.”
The transcripts will be posted on the Committee website once they undergo the standard classification review with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (source)
The HPSCI has voted to release the Atkinson Transcript.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will now walk the unhidden transcript through the declassification process. The fastest way is through President Trump’s office. Hopefully the redactions will be minimal. Then we will all get to see it.
This has been a long, frustrating and complicated process – but we have succeeded.
[SUPPORT The Ongoing CTH Effort HERE]
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[¹] FINAL POINT: You can tell this is a long arduous process. However, once the process begins, you’ll note that certain tripwires are crossed, and people in/around DC find out what you are doing. Yes, DC ‘interests’ realized months ago that Tulsi Gabbard was on the trail of this transcript.
Now do the recent attacks against DNI Tulsi Gabbard gain context?



Reading this is welcome relief from Battered Conservative Syndrome. Hats off, with my deepest respect to you Sundance.
The Battered Conservative is like victim in domestic violence…on the receiving end of attempts at “power and control”…
Control of money, surveillance, intimidation…etc..
All y’all know my rant.
Thank you SD for your love of truth and patriotism. Your efforts here are “above and beyond” and hopefully will move this Republic forward. Sunlight is step 1 and lets pray step 2 is accountability.
Do we know the vote in Committee?
Thank you, Sundance. May you be blessed in all that you do.
👏👏👏
I don’t know, but somehow I’m envisioning the final scene from the movie Sum Of All Fears…
I have Battered Conservative Syndrome! Thank you for naming this!
from Sundance too 🙂
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2016/03/08/a-note-to-those-suffering-from-battered-conservative-syndrome/
Who doesn’t at this point.
Sundance YOU are a “NATIONAL TREASURE”!
Excellent.
I trust you received good counsel from Eric Dubelier.
Wasn’t this the transcript that would show that Haspel gave permission to change the whistleblower rules?
The Haspel Truth
Go, Tulsi; go!
Tulsi is truly a “National Treasure”…bill
The palpable fear and desperation in Warner’s body language the last time Tulsi testified was a clear indication that that he knew it might be too late.
Also the spittle, sweat soaked clothes and the skid marks.
The skid marks were a dead giveaway.
Hopefully we will see many more skid marks from UniParty gangsters.
”..Oh the tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive…”
Great work from Sundance and all who pursue and reveal the unvarnished truth.
Thank you Sundance! I will share this with others who it seems haven’t a clue… yet. This writing should put much needed sunlight on it all. As to your final thought… “Now do the recent attacks against DNI Tulsi Gabbard gain context?” YES! Most certainly YES!
Congratulations Sundance…..
once we are able to read it.
It’s not over til it’s over.
Excellent article. Hopefully the transcript will be released very soon.
Truth to democrats is like garlic to a vampire, and like a vampire they prefer to remain in the dark and scheme their little schemes:
“… light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” – John 3:19-20
Amen
Now do most republicans. Unfortunately they are very similar
Not just Dems. Plenty of Repubs involved in the process.
Thank you, Sundance, for your dedication and tireless efforts to bring sunlight. The depth and breathe of the their efforts is staggering.
Sadly, I fear that this tree will fall in a forrest that is devoid of anyone around to hear it. No one in the mainstream press will touch it. DOJ seems feckless to prosecute and the Judicial branch is entirely captured. Maybe it’ll make its way into a history book…
In spite of this, kudos to you Sundance. I am nauseated by the “right” influencers at the moment and have basically tuned all of them out but you. Godspeed.
The MSM each have their ‘handlers’….
President Trump has himself very painfully seen that our judicial system has devolved to be not a venue in which justice is pursued but a venue in which those seeking to protect themselves from disclosure of their wrongdoing use lawfare to attack he who would unmask them. I therefore agree with you. I do not expect to see a Perry Mason outcome in which those responsible are neatly convicted and locked away.
Then-candidate Trump spoke very directly on the campaign trail in October 2016 about the existence of a vast, corrupt political establishment in our country, one that had their interests not the interests of the people in mind. During this term of his Presidency I see a President who is, as best can, meticulously and methodically executing a campaign to discredit those that for decades have subverted our system of governance (and for that matter, people who have worked in league with like-minded people in other countries, corrupted much of the world). That there are people like Sundance out there who are attempting to aid him in this great undertaking (at great personal risk), for that I am very grateful.
Rather a Perry Mason outcome, I think the best we can hope for is that the airing of all of their dirty laundry is so clear and so unambiguously convicting that a sufficient number of people conclude for themselves that they cannot allow the discredited subversive people to remain anywhere in our system of governance, or to maintain reputations that they are honorable people. Realistically for a lot of brainwashed people it won’t matter what evidence is provided, they will not be able to accept the verdict the evidence would have them make. To do so would require introspection and acceptance that they themselves bear some responsibility for being so blind and naive.
So be it. I remain convinced there are a more of us than them.
All will be revealed by a just and righteous God at the time of His choosing. Not ours.
The faithful can rest assured in His command. Guided by his faith, Sundance has hit the beachhead.
I truly believe his reward in Heaven will be great.
Schifty needs to dangle from a rope.
Along with many others
It would have to be adjustable for the pencil neck.
Micro neck?
h/t M Kelly
That is the whole point if the hangman’s noose, it is adjustable to a bit smaller than the size of the perpetrator’s neck.
Yes, but nothing ever happens – nobody on the left is ever held accountable. It’s all wishful thinking.
Stop the whining.
Perhaps Sundance could be nominated to be the 2026 Person of the Year!
Fabulous post as usual, SD. I will never doubt someone who has been attacked by government(Tulsi).
Congratulations. And thank you.
Great work, and dangerous as well.
Thank you!!!
i’m looking forward to reading it…well before the midterm elections.
Congratulations on turning a seemingly small step into a major accomplishment. Let’s make sure our Congress members know this raises many more uncomfortable questions.
There are many who need the deserved boot up their butts.
2 out of the 3 “there’s”
Here’s a summary as to whether military tribunals could be used on US citizens:
No, military tribunals generally cannot try U.S. citizens if civilian courts are open and functioning.
This principle was established in Ex parte Milligan (1866), where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. citizen (Lambdin Milligan) could not be tried by a military commission in Indiana during the Civil War because civil courts were operational. The Court held that trying a citizen by military tribunal under those conditions violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, including the right to a jury trial and due process.
However, there is a key exception:
In Ex parte Quirin (1942), the Supreme Court upheld the use of a military tribunal to try eight German saboteurs—including two U.S. citizens—during World War II. The Court reasoned that individuals who are enemy belligerents (especially those engaged in unlawful combat, like spying or sabotage) can be tried by military commission, even if they hold U.S. citizenship.
Thus, the determining factor is status and context:
✅ Allowed: U.S. citizens who are part of enemy forces or engaged in hostile acts during wartime, particularly when operating as unlawful combatants.
❌ Not allowed: U.S. citizens in civilian life, in areas where federal courts are open and unobstructed.
Federal courts are obstructed by a judicial cabal of evil, corrupt, lying, biased, activist “judges”.
And they will rule the opposite.
The key past present and future is that the courts won’t permit being removed from power.
Also, rule that it is not wartime.
And that the traitors aren’t combatants or saboteurs even though every act is to sabotage their political opponents.
Depending upon who they’re colluding with, these “obstructionists” could then be dealt with through the military tribunals, as well. Theoretically, that is.
Congrats Sundance.
It’s my sincere feeling that your tireless patriotism and relentless research, dot connecting, timelining, and analysis has made the difference.
God bless.
Thank you for your faithful support of the people that love this Republic. We owe you.
Then let’s pay him. Everyone congratulating and thanking Sundance should send him some coin. I will be sending some as soon as I finish my tea and feed the cat, again. Congrats on the great work and thank you, Sundance.
Awesome. Is the next one Rosemary Collyer? 😎
JMO.
Great news …… and a great job by Sundance!
The payback for America citizens has to come quickly to save our Constitutional Republic.
The payback is the effective prosecution of the traitors ….. that prosecution must be held outside of the corrupt DC judicial system and DC jury pool. No show trials.
The effective prosecution includes the prosecution of the continuing coverup by the media and the democrat / RINOs in the 3 branches of the federal government as well as the blue states / cities.
Time is of the essence …….. timing is everything.
The corrective prosecution actions must take place in time to have an impact on the 2026 mid-term elections. It can be done with President Trump’s orders.
The coverup crime committed by the traitors includes the fraudulent local election systems / equipment and procedures that the traitors use to steal elections ….. inserting their coconspirators into federal political offices.
The prosecution of the treasonous acts in the federal government and the blue states / cities ….. will start in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.
At the appropriate time, the investigation, prosecution and sentencing of those treason cases must be moved by President Trump’s orders over to Pete’s JAG in the Department of War.
The JAG court proceedings will be at locations outside of the physical and procedural control of the infamous DC judicial system with its corrupt jurists and jury pool.
All functions would be staying within the Executive Branch under overall control and direction of President Trump, i.e., Constitutional.
The destruction of the local fraudulent election systems must be mandated before the 2026 midterms.
Knowing the facts that treason was committed does no good if effective prosecution doesn’t quickly follow with the traitors punished. Effective prosecution has to be done outside of the corrupt DC judicial system and jury pool.
MAGA / America First isn’t just our motto, it is our duty!
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act!”
Some attribute this to George Orwell and some contend that he didn’t say it, but the words stand alone, no matter the author.
Operation “Epic Sunlight” proceeds.
Good name!
If Ciaramella lied, Vindman did too. (We know Schiff is a scumbag liar). Assuming that the statute of limitations on perjury expired, perhaps these lies can be folded into a grand conspiracy indictment.
If there ever is a RICO case or treason this is it.
I think there are one or two others.
Anyone remember that lying Ambassador to Ukraine ?
This is FANTASTIC!! However, when will we all start seeing arrests on multiple things that we’ve discussed on these pages over a decade plus…?? I’m just not going to get too excited. The Republicans are a terrible, most wasteful bunch of people we keep relying on and voting in. Back in the day of Jordan, Gowdy, etc of all the “damning” hearings we’d have and we’d all think, Yesssss! They nailed them with proof. Did anything happen? Nope.
Meanwhile, Dems get into power and you sneezed while jaywalking and the Dems have charges already filed and a judge ready to send you to prison or damage you politically. None of this happens on “our side”. I don’t even know if I want to call it my side anymore??
Kudo’s to Sundance though, seriously! This is big!
Arrests indeed….it’s called for. Pray that this article is sent far and wide. ‘ And action is taken…..If this is sent to some half assed committee to die, our avenue of redress will become obvious.
The question I have is will any Democrat who perjured themselves in Congress be prosecuted? Of course not!
Congratulations Sundance!! Telling the Truth is a thankless pursuit, but you did it!
P.S. I would be thrilled when/if the day comes when Adam Schiff gets indicted for conspiracy. He’s a wicked man.
“at its epicenter this was an operation to impeach a sitting President that came from within the CIA, and it almost succeeded.”
The criminals behind this attempt in the CIA need to be made an example and public spectacle for their criminal activities.
That includes the slimy creature Pompeo that has his fingerprints around the crime scene.
I don’t know if anyone has noticed but as of late DNI Tulsi Gabbard has acquired the mile long stare that combat veterans in Vietnam had. This results from seeing and experiencing things one cannot unsee. She obviously has gone down the rabbit hole.
Accountability for Shifty Schiff and Dan “Levi Strauss heir” Goldman ought to extend beyond the ballot box.
Congratulations Sundance! So much DC red tape, Sunlight is long overdue!
Unbelievable job Sundance and company! Now…when do these bastards hang?
Sundance: Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! What a treasure you are…! Here comes another donation…..
Fabulous news. Maybe this lands in Schiff’s lap someday.
All these folks are full blown traitors and our founding fathers would have written different rules for them, had they witnessed any of this.
Thank you Sundance and committee. Hopefully, while Schiff and others might be able to hide behind the fact they are government officials, it can be used at the many times they’ve lied before camera not in congress. God has a way of making every step brighter.
Wow…just Wow! Sundance is bringing the sunlight with him! Thank You Sundance for all you do!!!
Well done, Sundance & Tulsi!! Blessings to you both! Thank you for loving God and country.
Now, pass the Winnamins and Cheetos!
Eric CIAramella surely the CIA in his name was a tipoff to someone other than myself?
Coincidence? Not in .gov
Its in the name – its ALWAYS in the name …
Thank you Sundance. GODSPEED.
If the American public only knew 1/10th of what goes on behind closed doors on both sides of Congress and both sides of the aisle.
Dim-O-Crats are bad, and Republicans are almost as bad IMO.
It’s like the Wizard of Oz; what goes on behind the curtain is where the action is.
What goes on in front of the curtain is just for show.
For the record, I have personal experience working in this area.
Democrats are evil … Republicans are their evil enablers.
What a rock in the maelstrom of a sick and evil world you have been for the last decade. God bless and reward your efforts!
Thank you for your hard work. You are a Patriot, and very valuable to the nation.
Outstanding work SD! Bravo!!!
Never, ever, ever give up. The truth is out there, trust NO ONE.
Thank you, Sundance, for the decade(s) of service to your epic political research or “opus intelligentsia.”
I am very appreciative of your efforts and have learned tremendously from them.
Great news!
But still in progress. So we don’t know what will result.
Also, this article leaves out the McCord shenanigans in setting this all up. Will this not bring her out from behind the scenes?
Hence, our loyalty to Director Gabbard as DNI.
Deep Weeds walkers knew why…
God has rewarded your patience and tenacity, Sundance. May He continue to protect the true Bringers of Sunlight. 🙏🙏🙏❤️
I thank you friend.