NSC chief slashing Obama's
'bloated' staff to create efficient,
tight-lipped White House operation
Washington Times,
by
Bill Gertz
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
1/1/2020 5:10:59 AM
The White House National Security Council staff is being downsized sharply in a bid to improve efficiency within the policy coordinating body by consolidating positions and cutting staff.
A second, unspoken thrust of the overhaul is a hoped-for end to what many critics see as a string of politically damaging, unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information. Leaks of President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders and other damaging disclosures likely originated with anti-Trump officials in the White House who stayed over from the Obama administration, according to several current and former White House officials.
White House National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien is leading the NSC reform effort.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/1/2020 5:34:52 AM (No. 275763)
It's about time. This should have started and completed January 20, 2017 (between 12 noon through 1pm). Never keep anyone from the Obama administration because these people are dangerous.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/1/2020 6:39:56 AM (No. 275774)
LONG overdue. It acted as a 5th column.
"“I just don’t think that we need the numbers of people ...,” Mr. O’Brien said."
Too many cooks, especially BAD cooks, spoil the broth. Arrogant bureaucrats are always vying for attention for their own beliefs and undercutting other people and policies. All the "chaos" claimed in Trump's White House comes from battles with these layers of bureaucrats. As O'Brian says, they are not needed. They also cost a LOT of money (330 x $100K =$33M) and confuse intended actions.
Now, if we could only engineer a 3/4 force reduction of government in general we might have a functional government and might balance the budget.
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""Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said this year that he sent the Justice Department eight criminal referrals related to the leaks, including those related to Mr. Trump’s conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia.""
Criminal referrals yet all we got was crickets. I am not sure what is necessary to clean up the DOJ but the present policies are not working. True Americans are getting more and more fed up and hopefully change will come.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 1/1/2020 8:06:08 AM (No. 275789)
For those folks filled with impatience, and why didn't it happen sooner, could be that Trump finally has wrested control of this vital agency away from Deep State swampers. This is one way to tell when Trump has finally achieved control of a vital agency. Sounds like he has done it. Now to fire the bloat and get to work. Nothing is going to frustrate Obama and his minions than having another source closed down to their access. Should be fun.
Trump might need to make some cabinet secretary changes, for some of them are just not getting the job done like he promised. The biggest one is DeVos and the DoE which should be cut back to nothing right now. Far as I can tell, she is business as usual.
26 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
privateer 1/1/2020 8:06:47 AM (No. 275790)
Apparently a criminal referral is just : a memo that one is about to be scolded. Everyone that was appointed by ozero, served under him, reported to him, or was in a personal communication with him should be fired. And about half of them belong in prison. Beginning with ValJar, the Iranian Mata Houri.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 1/1/2020 8:06:52 AM (No. 275791)
Better late than never. although the lesson should have been learned from George W. Bush's incompetent failure to remove Clintonistas that the first order of business of any GOP administration is to immediately freeze and remove every reachable Democrat, and to backbench and isolate any that are protected by civil service
15 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
GO3 1/1/2020 8:18:08 AM (No. 275799)
Good. Maybe "call me Lt.Col." Vindman will be reassigned to Ulan Bator.
22 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/1/2020 8:37:12 AM (No. 275809)
I think Trump would be wise to bring Steve Bannon back into the White House. He is definitely on Trump's side and he's not afraid to get in someone's face if he thinks they are sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. I think if Trump had put Bannon in charge of weeding out the Obama Holdovers, he would have done it in the first year! Instead, he listened to Ivanka and Jarrod and fired Bannon. Bad move! He needs people like Bannon to have his Back!
28 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/1/2020 8:43:23 AM (No. 275816)
Anything created by, hired by, implemented by or suggested by Barack Obama should be disbanded. That includes the Mooch lunch program that actually created hunger. The two drug-using, party-going and attention-getting sullen sisters should be followed and photographed and every detail made public, just as they are doing with Donald Trump's family.
Entire agencies were corrupted by the illegal kenyan and have been sucking up our tax money while working against Americans. Erase it all.
22 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
walcb 1/1/2020 9:18:06 AM (No. 275847)
They are not being fired merely being reassigned to the department they came from. Rest assured there will be no money saved and no jobs lost--this is the way of the government. The Obama plants will still be able to do their dirty work but only at a lower level.
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
cor-vet 1/1/2020 9:23:27 AM (No. 275852)
Cleaning out the top 3 or 4 tiers of every agency would be a good start. You can believe that if a dem ever gets in the White House, there will be no Republican holdovers at the end of day 1.
11 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
seamusm 1/1/2020 9:24:00 AM (No. 275853)
The failure to clean house after Trump's inauguration will remain my vote for his (maybe only) biggest mistake.
12 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
lakerman1 1/1/2020 9:38:58 AM (No. 275862)
During President Nixon's first term, Henry Kissinger was his National Security Adviser.
At the beginning of President Nixon's second term, he asked Kissinger to accept the position of Secretary of State. Kissinger accepted, but with one condition - that he be allowed to retain his position of National Security Adviser. President Nixon agreed.
Kissinger knew what he was doing - he was a smart man. So was Nixon.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
hershey 1/1/2020 9:46:15 AM (No. 275870)
I said it when he first took office, the first thing he should have done is sent the US Marshals into every office of every Obama appointee and frog marched them out of the building, not allowing them to take ANY thumb drives, computers, or SD disks with them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
HotRod 1/1/2020 9:46:50 AM (No. 275872)
More muck dredged from the swamp! I love reading stories like this.
MAGA!
7 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Krause 1/1/2020 9:50:04 AM (No. 275877)
Trump gave them a chance to continue in their jobs carrying out his objectives, and regain their credibility. They decided they would continue listening to their failed messiah, Obama, and to undermine the President, and be part of the coup, imo.
14 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Lucky5 1/1/2020 10:17:10 AM (No. 275907)
#9 Steve Bannon should never be brought to the WH. He is a total ego that wants to take credit for everything. He cannot help himself.
He is much better contained on the outside. I would never trust him with inside information.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
wakeupcall 1/1/2020 10:27:52 AM (No. 275915)
Barry Soetoro is a Marxist Communist Muslim who knows he is, and still cannot believe just how dumb, easily fooled, so many of the American people, and the world for that matter, are.
9 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 1/1/2020 10:43:26 AM (No. 275924)
@ #8- "Oh oh, say can you seeee………….?"
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
moonlightflip 1/1/2020 10:56:38 AM (No. 275931)
If the Pres. is re-elected and the GOP gets back the House and keeps the Senate, expect more of this as Trump continues to fight to save the country!
7 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
pensom2 1/1/2020 3:09:21 PM (No. 276069)
If these swamp-dwellers have been leaking as much as they have to the media, can you imagine how much they've leaked to Obama-Jarrett and other sources of treachery? I remain astonished that people like Comey, Obama, Clapper, and Brennan continued to hold their security clearances. All except Brennan still do!
6 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 1/1/2020 9:11:28 PM (No. 276158)
Wow, this just warms the cockles of my heart!
FTA: "However, it was during the Obama administration that the NSC was transformed into a major policymaking agency seeking to DUPLICATE the functions of the State and Defense departments within the White House." Golly, what could possibly go wrong?!?
We'll never know how much sooner these kinds of actions might have taken place, had not Michael Flynn been so unceremoniously dumped from his brief NSA role! There was a heck of a lot of unnecessary and damaging turmoil during that period, thanks to our donkey friends.
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 1/2/2020 4:33:16 PM (No. 276714)
Ten or twenty actually intelligent, skilled people would be plenty enough.
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