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My greatest concerns next few days:
1) state capitals
2) insider threats from extremists/white supremacists within National Guard, Secret Service, etc.
3) Trump chaos*
* Note however: Tata leaving this past week ( @laraseligman); Michael Ellis apparently never made it to NSA
1) state capitals
2) insider threats from extremists/white supremacists within National Guard, Secret Service, etc.
3) Trump chaos*
* Note however: Tata leaving this past week ( @laraseligman); Michael Ellis apparently never made it to NSA
2. On Tata (via Politico’s @laraseligman from Thursday):
“Anthony Tata ... will step down this week, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to three Defense officials.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/biden-defense-secretary-austin-norquist-459321
“Anthony Tata ... will step down this week, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to three Defense officials.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/biden-defense-secretary-austin-norquist-459321
3. Update on Michael Ellis
1:49PM Saturday, I tweeted that Ellis had (surprisingly) not made it to the NSA.
6:40PM Scoop by @nakashimae: Acting SecDef Miller orders NSA to install Ellis on Saturday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-defense-secretary-orders-nsa-director-to-immediately-install-former-gop-operative-as-the-agencys-top-lawyer/2021/01/16/b3e06a02-5837-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
1:49PM Saturday, I tweeted that Ellis had (surprisingly) not made it to the NSA.
6:40PM Scoop by @nakashimae: Acting SecDef Miller orders NSA to install Ellis on Saturday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-defense-secretary-orders-nsa-director-to-immediately-install-former-gop-operative-as-the-agencys-top-lawyer/2021/01/16/b3e06a02-5837-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
4. I have been thinking and concerned about Ellis in positions of power for a long time.
I wrote this in March 2020.
"Michael Ellis, a White House lawyer accused of serious ethical misconduct in the Ukraine scandal ..." https://www.justsecurity.org/69012/the-gravity-of-michael-ellis-promotion-to-senior-director-for-intelligence-at-the-white-house/
I wrote this in March 2020.
"Michael Ellis, a White House lawyer accused of serious ethical misconduct in the Ukraine scandal ..." https://www.justsecurity.org/69012/the-gravity-of-michael-ellis-promotion-to-senior-director-for-intelligence-at-the-white-house/
5. With news of Michael Ellis at NSA (via @nakashimae) it is worth reflecting on the words “Fort Mead” in this document. https://twitter.com/jabinbotsford/status/1350186100564905985
https://twitter.com/jabinbotsford/status/1350186100564905985
6. Update:
“Miller ... ordered the head of the NSA to install Michael Ellis as general counsel by 6 p.m., Saturday, but NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone did not act by the given deadline, leaving it unclear what Miller or the White House would do.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/nsa-counsel-michael-ellis-christopher-miller/index.html
“Miller ... ordered the head of the NSA to install Michael Ellis as general counsel by 6 p.m., Saturday, but NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone did not act by the given deadline, leaving it unclear what Miller or the White House would do.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/nsa-counsel-michael-ellis-christopher-miller/index.html
