White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump

[ABX]

The White House abruptly dismissed a senior National Security Council aide on Friday after receiving reports that he had publicly laced into the president and his senior aides, including son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump at an event hosted by a Washington think tank.

The aide, Craig Deare, was serving as the NSC's senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Earlier in the week, at a private, off-the-record roundtable hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center for a group of about two dozen scholars, Deare harshly criticized the president and his chief strategist Steve Bannon and railed against the dysfunction paralyzing the Trump White House, according to a source familiar with the situation. ....

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/white-house-nsc-aide-craig-deare-dismissed-235175

[truth_seeker]

It looks to me that he deserves ousting.

Craig Deare’s ‘ethical and moral flaws’ make him unfit for NSC job. He should follow Flynn out the door.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article132999944.html#storylink=cpy

[ABX]

It looks to me that he deserves ousting.

Craig Deare’s ‘ethical and moral flaws’ make him unfit for NSC job. He should follow Flynn out the door.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article132999944.html#storylink=cpy

He may be the leak. Did you catch the part where he revealed details of the call with the Mexican President at the event?

[corbe]

   This is a Hugh behemoth, and no doubt in my mind this is where the leaks are originating, particularly with all the obummer holdovers.


Staff[edit]


Acting National Security Advisor: Keith Kellogg[12]
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor: K.T. McFarland[13]
Assistant to the President, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council and Chief of Staff: Keith Kellogg
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications: Michael Anton
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning: Kevin Harrington
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs: Kenneth Juster
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Transnational Issues: Vacant
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Affairs: David Cattler[14]
Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council: John Eisenberg Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region: Derek Harvey
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Issues: Christopher Ford
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Palestinian Issues: Yael Lempert[15]
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Gulf States: Joel Rayburn
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs: VACANT
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South Asia: Fernando Lujan (Acting)
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia: Matthew Pottinger
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Assessments: Victoria Coates[16]
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy: David Kriete (Acting)
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change: Unknown
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa: Kyle Murphy (Acting)[17]
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia: Eric Ciaramella (Acting)




 

[Bigun]

He may be the leak. Did you catch the part where he revealed details of the call with the Mexican President at the event?

I seriously doubt that the leak can be confined to just one person.

[geronl]

cult