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Anti-Muslim Activist Katharine Gorka Named to Homeland Security Transition Team
Alex Emmons, Lee Fang
November 30 2016, 10:32 a.m.

Katharine Gorka, a controversial national security analyst who specializes in discussing the threat posed by Muslims to the United States, has complained bitterly that the Department of Homeland Security trains its agents — falsely, in her opinion — that Islam is a “religion of peace.”

Now, Gorka will have a chance to help Donald Trump remake the department. On Tuesday, she was selected by Trump to be part of the DHS “landing team” that will meet with Obama’s DHS officials to manage the handoff to new leadership.

Gorka, the president of a think tank called the Council on Global Security and the president of Threat Knowledge Group, a consulting firm, is a well-known figure among anti-Muslim campaigners.

Continued: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/30/katie-gorka-trump/

Not sure what kind of website this is, The Intercept,  but she has been appointed and there are a number of unflattering articles out there on this.