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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Pentagon just pulled the top secret clearance of a Trump White House aide
The Pentagon this week suspended the security clearance of a White House National Security Council analyst that U.S. officials say was the target of political retribution by government bureaucrats opposed to President Trump's appointees.
Adam S. Lovinger, a 12-year strategic affairs analyst with the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA), has been on loan to the NSC since January when he was picked for the position by then-National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn.
Lovinger was notified in a letter from the Pentagon on Monday that his Top-Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) clearance had been suspended and that he had to return to the Pentagon.
The letter cited unspecified outside activities by Lovinger. The notice said the suspension was approved by Kevin Sweeney, chief of staff for Defense Secretary James Mattis.
One official said Lovinger was targeted by Trump opponents because of his conservative views and ties to Flynn, specifically his past association with the Flynn Intel Group, Inc., a consulting business.
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-pulls-top-secret-clearance-of-a-trump-white-house-aide-2017-5
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Thanks!
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)Interesting indeed.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)whenever anything is published in the Free Beacon..."Poor Lovinger, just a well liked conservative being screwed by the Deep State". Gertz even managed to get Clinton involved somehow.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)The article totally has a slant but it is clear that they are yanking anything with the taint of Flynn.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)but I'm thinking that Flynn may be one hell of a lot dirtier than anyone is letting on. Not much would make me happier than watching this piece of garbage get charged with Treason.
calimary
(81,466 posts)Kinda like the sound of that.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)and a massive amplifier driving behind his prison bus all the way to his final destination.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)He's dirty, deep dirty.
This all feels like an Iceberg and we are only seeing a fraction of it.
iluvtennis
(19,872 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)They should yank all those SOB's for 'guilty by association.'
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)If he lost his TS-SCI, it was because he did something that violated the regs. It is hard for me to believe he would have been dropped otherwise
leanforward
(1,077 posts)Do you think, some of the FBI findings have back channeled to the Pentagon? This is starting to read like a good novel.
Of course, I continue to be a loyal citizen/american/patriot in opposition to pRezident dRumpf and any GOP lemmings.
I still believe follow the money. Most of his business enterprise LLC's are probably entwined with the russians and other notorious souls.