Flynn hire and Nunes leak source, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, has been fired from National Security Council

[MelissaB]

Link to tweet

Trump loyalist Ezra Cohen-Watnick fired from NSC, sources say
McMaster’s purge of conservatives continues.
Posted August 02, 2017 03:51 PM by Jordan Schachtel

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, has been dismissed from the White House, two senior administration officials who are not authorized to discuss personnel matters told Conservative Review on Wednesday.

Cohen-Watnick, 31, was originally brought on board by former NSC chief Gen. Michael Flynn.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster has, in the past, attempted to rid the council of Cohen-Watnick, but was overruled by President Trump, Steve Bannon, and Jared Kushner.

He has been described as an “Iran hawk” who wanted to revamp counter-Iran efforts in the Middle East, and sought to reform the intelligence community to rein in the “deep state” of unaccountable bureaucrats with rogue agendas.

Cohen-Watnick is the latest Trump loyalist to be fired by Gen. McMaster, whose security council continues to be overwhelmingly staffed with Obama holdovers (almost all of whom have retained their positions).

More: https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/trump-loyalist-ezra-cohen-watnick-fired-from-nsc-sources-say

[FM123]

1. Interesting.

Isn't he the guy that helped Devin Nunes with that intel debaucle?

[Renew Deal]

3. Yes

[Renew Deal]

2. Maybe Kelly will take out the trash after all...

[MyNameIsKhan]

5. The Bigly trash is Donald Trump...

[Me.]

4. HUGE

[4139]

6. Maybe a good thing:

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, and Derek Harvey, the NSC’s top Middle East advisor, want the United States to start going on the offensive in southern Syria, where, in recent weeks, the U.S. military has taken a handful of defensive actions against Iranian-backed forces fighting in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Their plans are making even traditional Iran hawks nervous, including Defense Secretary James Mattis, who has personally shot down their proposals more than once, the two sources said.
https://www.google.com/amp/foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/16/white-house-officials-push-for-widening-war-in-syria-over-pentagon-objections/amp/

[crazylikafox]

7. 'bout time

[canetoad]

8. Good

To much mystery surrounding why this relatively young person was installed in a senior position. He has his own Russian connections.

http://forward.com/fast-forward/368187/did-wife-of-white-house-leaker-ezra-cohen-watnick-work-to-burnish-russias-i/

Did Wife Of White House Leaker Ezra Cohen-Watnick Work To Burnish Russia’s Image?

A pair of American genealogists believe they’ve found information linking the wife of White House staffer Ezra Cohen-Watnick with pro-Russian advocacy in the U.S.

After learning of Cohen-Watnick’s alleged involvement in providing Republican Devin Nunes with information showing members of the Trump transition team had shown up in secret intelligence reports, genealogists Renee Stern Steinig and Randol Schoenberg, decided to look through some family trees to learn more about Cohen-Watnick.

They stumbled upon an oral testimony of Vicki Fraser, mother of Cohen-Watnick’s wife Rebecca Miller. In it, the proud mother states that Rebecca “works for Ketchum, a PR and marketing firm in Washington, D.C.” and adds that her “biggest challenge” at work is “to try to make Russia look better which is particularly difficult when they’re invading other countries and when Putin is somewhat out of control.”

The testimony was given in 2014. The Forward could not independently verify the information relating to Rebecca Miller.

(That's the entire article)

[Gothmog]

9. Yeah

This idiot need to go a long time ago

[MelissaB]

10. WH confirms that Ezra Cohen-Watnick has been removed from the NSC under McMaster

Link to tweet

[Baconator]

11. Saw an MSNBC report on this the other day...

I wonder if that helped it past the tipping point...

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Another who raved against the "deep state" was fired a few days ago

See https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029407795

[UTUSN]

13. Actually, I'd prefer the drumpf mob remain at max malignance till all gone