8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (13)
#15215146 at 2021-12-18 21:37:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19248: Just the News Ebake Edition
>>15215127
> https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/11/3-top-pentagon-officials-suddenly-resign-a-day-after-trump-fired-esper/
3 top Pentagon officials suddenly resign a day after Trump fired Esper
Three Pentagon officials resigned from the Pentagon on Tuesday, just one day after Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart submitted letters of resignation," the Pentagon said in a statement provided to American Military News.
All three officials' resignations are effective today.
The Pentagon said that Kernan's resignation was planned for several months. They did not, however, note that Anderson or Stewart's resignations were planned.
Defense officials told Politico that Anderson stepped down after "repeated disagreements with the White House personnel office."
Acting Secretary of Defense Miller remarked on the resignations, saying, "I want to thank Dr. Anderson, Admiral Kernan and Jen Stewart for their service to the nation and the Department. Over their careers each has contributed greatly to the national defense and the future of the Department of Defense. We wish them the best in their next endeavors."
Anderson, who was in his position for nine months, will be replaced with retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata.
"I am particularly grateful to have been entrusted with leading the dedicated men and women of Policy, who play a key role in our Nation's security," Anderson wrote in his resignation letter, which was obtained by Politico. "Now, as ever, our long-term success depends on adhering to the U.S. Constitution all public servants swear to support and defend."
Stewart will be replaced with Kash Patel, and Kernan will be replaced with Ezra Cohen-Watnick.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith said the resignation of Anderson was alarming.
#12072742 at 2020-12-18 01:50:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15413:And Then... Cabal Desperation Set In Edition
Kash Patel: Biden conspiracy theorist put in charge of Pentagon transition.
House impeachment inquiry previously found Patel was involved in efforts to spread conspiracy theories about Joe Biden
Kashyap Pramod Patel, known as Kash Patel, who currently serves as the chief of staff to the acting secretary of defence Christopher Miller, was only installed in the Pentagon a couple of weeks ago after Donald Trump fired defence secretary Mark Esper and his chief of staff Jen Stewart resigned.
Mr Patel is likely to come under scrutiny by many in the Pentagon watching to see how cooperative he may be with the Biden team in providing critical information.
Mr Patel was found to be involved in efforts to spread conspiracy theories about Joe Biden by the House impeachment inquiry.
Mr Patel served as senior director for counterterrorism for Mr Trump's National Security Council. He also worked in the office of former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/kash-patel-pentagon-biden-transition-b1761474.html
#12038050 at 2020-12-15 16:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15368: The Big News Just Keeps Getting BIGGER! What's Next? Edition
Are anons ready for the final battle? The stage is set and the proper people are in place. This was not done for nothing. Nothing can stop what is coming.
TOPLINE A widely anticipated purge of top government officials considered insufficiently loyal to President Trump is underway, with at least 12 high-ranking members of the administration leaving their positions-both voluntarily and involuntarily-in the weeks following Election Day.
DOD Secretary Esper And Joint Chiefs Chairman Testify At House Budget Hearing
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper prepares to testify before the House Armed Services Committee in … [+] GETTY IMAGES
KEY FACTS
Chris Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is the latest casualty, who Trump fired Nov. 17 after his agency released a statement refuting the president's claims of widespread voter fraud.
Two other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials-Bryan Ware, CISA's assistant director, and Valerie Boyd, the DHS's assistant secretary of international affairs-were also forced out of their positions last week, per reports.
The Defense Department's chief of staff, Jen Stewart, was replaced on Nov. 10 by former Rep. Devin Nunes staffer Kash Patel, who played a role in helping Republicans discredit the Russia probe.
Also on Nov. 10, the Pentagon's undersecretary of defense Joseph Kernan, a retired Navy SEAL, and the Pentagon's top policy official James Anderson both resigned from their positions, though they were more likely pressured out-Politico reported that Anderson had fallen out of favor after pushing back against a White House attempt to install several Trump loyalists at the Defense Department.
These Pentagon departures came a day after Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who, though initially derided as "Yesper" for his compliance with the White House's wishes, angered Trump over the summer by opposing the deployment of active-duty troops to quell street protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, and for pushing for the renaming of military installations named after Confederate generals.
The head of the Department of Justice's election crime branch Richard Pilger, who has held the role for 10 years, resigned on Nov. 9 in protest of Attorney General Bill Barr's memo authorizing investigations of "substantial allegations" of voter fraud before the results of the current election are certified, which contradicts the DOJ's long-standing guidance designed to prevent the department from interfering with elections.
Between Nov. 6 and Nov. 8, the Trump administration also quietly fired the heads of the three federal agencies overseeing nuclear weapons, electricity and natural gas regulation, and overseas aid: Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; Bonne Glick, the deputy administrator of the U.S. agency for International Development; and Neil Chatterjee, the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, who said his dismissal could "perhaps" be retaliation for recent actions promoting an agency response to climate change.
The Trump administration also removed Michael Kuperberg, the scientist who oversees climate change for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Nov. 6, with The New York Times reporting that people familiar with the changes expect the position to be given to a climate change skeptic.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
"Buckle your seatbelts. The next few months could get bumpy," wrote Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin after Glick was fired, declaring "Trump's post-election purge has begun."
KEY BACKGROUND
Numerous publications, citing anonymous sources close to the president, have warned that many top officials who have frustrated the president could be removed in the coming weeks as the Trump administration pursues a last-ditch effort to complete its agenda. The New York Times reported that public health officials in particular may be targeted, while CNN puts CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher Wray, who Trump has openly expressed his anger toward, at the front of the firing line.
CHIEF CRITIC
"Who's going to come in behind me? It's going to be a real 'yes man.' And then God help us," said Esper during a Nov. 4 interview with the Military Times.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/18/trumps-post-election-purge-head-of-election-cybersecurity-11-other-top-officials-out/?sh=65c70ccc2e69
#11929365 at 2020-12-07 01:12:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15227: Mark Your Calendars So You Never Forget Edition
THE HAPPENING - A TIMELINE
1) September 12th, 2018 Trump signs Executive Order 13848 which declares a national emergency and establishes that the Director of National Intelligence (currently John Ratcliffe) must deliver an assessment of election interference no more than 45 days after an election (December 18th). https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-imposing-certain-sanctions-event-foreign-interference-united-states-election/
2) November 3rd, 2020 Election occurs. Election night shenanigans appear fraudulent and raise questions, and it is alleged that vote data from voting machines is transfered to foreign servers in Spain and Germany.
3) November 9th, Department of Defense director Mark Esper is fired and replaced with Trump loyalist Christopher C. Miller (formerly director of National Counterterrorism Center). https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/09/trump-fires-secdef-mark-esper-names-christopher-miller-lead-pentagon.html
4) November 10th, Gina Haspel is seen meeting with McConnell, and has not been seen publicly since. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cia-director-gina-haspel-mcconnell-unclear
5) November 10th, Under Secretary of Defense Dr. James Anderson was replaced by Anthony Tata. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Joseph Kernan was replaced by Ezra Cohen-Watnick. Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Jen Stewart was replaced by Kash Patel. https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2411893/dod-statement-on-personnel-changes-at-the-pentagon/
6) November 12th, House Representative Louie Gohmert says a German server containing US election data was raided by the US military. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhlvFBsoDg&ab_channel=GohmertTX01&t=4m32s [Embed]
7) November 13th, Christopher Miller hits and troop withdrawals and writes, "Ending wars requires compromise and partnership. We met the challenge; we gave it our all. Now, it's time to come home." https://media.defense.gov/2020/Nov/14/2002535407/-1/-1/0/INITIAL-MESSAGE-TO-THE-DEPARTMENT.PDF?source=GovDelivery
8) November 18th, Christopher Miller and Ezra Cohen-Watnick announce that U.S. special forces command will be streamlined and report directly to them. https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2419154/special-operations-leader-to-report-directly-to-acting-defense-secretary/
9) November 25th, Trump pardons Michael Flynn. https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-trump
10) November 25th, Trump fires Henry Kissinger and 10 others from the Defense Policy Board. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/25/pentagon-purges-leading-advisors-from-defense-policy-board/
11) November 28th, Michael Flynn and Thomas McInerney give interviews on WVW-TV alleging massive vote fraud and "confirming" that a server in Germany was raided (and that several soldiers died in the raid). https://www.worldviewweekend.com/tv/video/wvw-tv-exclusive-lt-general-michael-flynns-first-interview-president-trumps-pardon
12) December 1st, Michael Flynn tweets out a link calling on Trump to declare martial law and hold a new election. https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1333916403389370369
13) December 4th, Reuters writes, "CIA spokesperson Nicole de Haay told Reuters via email: "Well...this is the most absurd inquiry I've ever addressed, but I'm happy to tell you that Director Haspel is alive and well and at the office."" https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-cia-director-gina-haspel-ar/fact-checkcia-director-gina-haspel-was-not-arrested-injured-or-found-dead-idUSKBN28E215
14) December 4th, Trump orders troop withdrawal from Somalia. https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2435972/somalia-force-posture-announcement/
15) December 3rd, video evidence of voter fraud is presented to the Georgia legislature (and immediately dismissed as DEBUNKED). https://www.cbs46.com/video-prompts-more-questions-of-voter-fraud-in-georgia/video_ed7840f7-434f-5f9e-8727-b0e9a9878e36.html
16) December 4th, it is discovered that a vote tabulator in Ware County appears to switch votes from Trump to Biden. https://twitter.com/CongressmanHice/status/1334919630339641345
17) December 6th, Trump legal team gets access to 22 voting machines in Michigan and begins a forensic audit of the machines. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-legal-team-michigan-antrim-county-judge-order-dominion-machines
18) December 6th, Justice Alito moves up SCOTUS hearing of PA vote fraud case so that it falls within the "Safe Harbor" window. https://www.scribd.com/document/487067580/Kelly-v-Commonwealth-SCOTUS-Application#from_embed
#11766512 at 2020-11-24 16:26:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15019: What if Fox News just shifted to AI talking heads? Edition
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/24/kash-patel-pentagon-transition-440293
Kash Patel, recently installed Trump loyalist, now leading Pentagon transition
Patel was named chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller just two weeks ago, the day after the president fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
Background: Patel was named chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller just two weeks ago, the day after the president fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. His former chief of staff, Jen Stewart, resigned shortly after. Trump allies were also installed in top positions overseeing intelligence and policy.
Stewart was leading the transition effort before she left the Pentagon, so it was expected that Patel would take over those responsibilities.
Other personnel moves: Tom Muir, the director of Washington Headquarters Services, will be the agency transition director, the Defense Department transition task force lead and the senior career executive for transition, the spokesperson said.
On the Biden team: Kathleen Hicks, a senior vice president at the center for Strategic and International Studies, is leading a group of more than two dozen people handling the Defense Department transition for the Biden team.
#11624213 at 2020-11-13 11:23:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14841: Ezra Cohen-Watnick Is A Keystone Edition
After firings and turnover, national security community wonders: what's next?
By: Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould ? 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON - The unprecedented removal of top Pentagon officials during a presidential transition has left the national security community reeling, wondering who will be the next to go and struggling to understand why it is happening at all.
Among the theories discussed by national security experts and concerned Democrats alike: that the firings are a play to accelerate the removal of troops in Afghanistan or, more skeptically, to use the military to subvert the election results.
A third option, however, is also floating among Washington circles: that the exits of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and several other key officials stem from personal politics that have been commonplace during the Trump administration.
An administration official, who asked not to be named because of the political sensitivities, attributed the overhaul to John McEntee, the director of the Presidential Personnel Office, who has reportedly been working for months to quash perceived disloyalty within the administration. A Washington Post columnist tweeted McEntee is also behind exits at the Department of Homeland Security.
"All the churn really isn't about policy," the official said, adding that National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has been left out of the decision making. "It's about getting revenge on the people they consider 'never Trump.'"
Trump's Monday firing of Esper, replacing him with Christopher Miller, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, was already extraordinary for a transition period, and made more unusual because the job did not go to Deputy Secretary David Norquist. (For now, Norquist remains on the job.)
But the situation escalated Tuesday, when Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Joseph Kernan and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson submitted their resignations, in moves that were reportedly directed by White House staff. Esper's chief of staff, Jen Stewart, was also pushed out.
- Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who entered the Trump administration with National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, replaced Kernan in an acting capacity.
- Anthony Tata, a retired Army brigadier general and Fox News guest who was placed in the Pentagon amid controversy over his inflammatory remarks, will be performing the duties held by Anderson.
- Kash Patel, a former National Security Council official who rose to prominence by helping House Republicans during the investigation into ties between Trump and Russia, has been named Miller's chief of staff.
Patel is "running the show," and Cohen-Watnick is "very influential over there now," the administration source said.
While speculation swirls about who is next - reports have named acquisition head Ellen Lord, the longest-serving political appointee at the department, as well as Chief Management Officer Lisa Hershman - other moves with less prominent leaders are also taking place.
These include:
- Charles D. Cowan, a Trump appointee at Housing and Urban Development, arrived on Monday as the new deputy chief management officer, Defense News has learned.
- Alexis Ross, a deputy chief of staff for Esper, was also let go with Stewart. However, Ross may end up staying in the Pentagon in another role.
- Mark Tomb, Anderson's deputy chief of staff, was also let go Wednesday, according to Foreign Policy.
- And retired Col. Douglas Macgregor, a major proponent of Afghanistan withdrawal, has been placed as an adviser to Miller.
Lead Democrats on the congressional defense committees have been critical of the moves, citing a risk to national security and claiming the changes project chaos and instability to adversaries around the world at a time when the United States should project calm and order.
"If this is the beginning of a trend - the president either firing or forcing out national security professionals in order to replace them with people perceived as more loyal to him - then the next 70 days will be precarious at best and downright dangerous at worst," Rep. Adam Smith, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said in a statement Tuesday. He added that Trump's "singular obsession with loyalty has severely undermined the competence of our government and made us less safe."
On Thursday evening, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., told a Fox News reporter that the administration had indicated the personnel changes at the Pentagon have finished.
MORE
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/11/12/after-firings-and-turnover-national-security-community-wonders-whats-next/
#11594464 at 2020-11-11 18:39:53 (UTC+1)
Q Rsearch General #14803: Ebaked Again, Again
Trump ultra-loyalists are installed in series of top Pentagon jobs after purge in wake of Defense Secretary Mark Esper being fired
President Donald Trump's firing of Defense Secretary Marc Esper has broadened into a broader Pentagon purge, with senior civilian officials departing and Trump loyalists coming in.
Trump fired Esper Monday, in the most high-profile move as the White House pushed out a series of top agency officials throughout the government in the days since the election.
But that was just the beginning.
President Donald Trump is conducting a purge of the Pentagon's civilian leadership in the days after the elections, after refusing to concede or congratulate President-elect Joe Biden
Among the loyalists climbing the ranks in the Pentagon is Anthony Tata, a former Fox News commentator who was unable to win Senate confirmation or make it through the Senate Armed Services Committee following disclosures about explosive and racist comments from his past.
He called former President Barack Obama a 'terrorist leader' and falsely said he was a Muslim (Obama is a Christian).
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Joseph Kernan, a former Navy SEAL who headed SEAL Team 6 and SEAL Team 2, has effectively resigned.
Also coming taking the reins at key posts are Kash Patel, a former aide to Rep. Devin Nunes of California who helped undermine the Russia probe, and Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a former aide to fired National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, as acting undersecretary for intelligence.
Patel will serve as chief of staff, replacing Jen Stewart, who resigned.
Tata, a retired brigadier general, won't be able to work in an 'acting' role, as have many top Trump officials. But the Pentagon is granting him substantial duties of its top policy job.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/11/trump-ultra-loyalists-are-installed-in.html
#11594097 at 2020-11-11 18:14:33 (UTC+1)
Q Rsearch General #14803: Ebaked Again, Again
>>11594075
He should panic….Draining the Swamp Part 2….kekekek
3 top Pentagon officials suddenly resign a day after Trump fired Esper
Three Pentagon officials resigned from the Pentagon on Tuesday, just one day after Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart submitted letters of resignation," the Pentagon said in a statement provided to American Military News.
All three officials' resignations are effective today.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/11/3-top-pentagon-officials-suddenly-resign-a-day-after-trump-fired-esper/
#11592162 at 2020-11-11 15:54:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14800: They Called It Dominion Edition
3 top Pentagon officials suddenly resign a day after Trump fired Esper
Three Pentagon officials resigned from the Pentagon on Tuesday, just one day after Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart submitted letters of resignation," the Pentagon said in a statement provided to American Military News.
All three officials' resignations are effective today.
The Pentagon said that Kernan's resignation was planned for several months. They did not, however, note that Anderson or Stewart's resignations were planned.
Defense officials told Politico that Anderson stepped down after "repeated disagreements with the White House personnel office."
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/11/3-top-pentagon-officials-suddenly-resign-a-day-after-trump-fired-esper/
#11585690 at 2020-11-11 03:07:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14792: Here we go! Edition
Lee Zeldin
CORRECTION: …Kash Patel, a former Devin Nunes staffer who worked to expose that there was no Trump-Russia collusion at all to win the 2016 election.
Thank you Kash Patel for your service to our country!
🇺🇸
https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/1326359770178093056
Jennifer Griffin
@JenGriffinFNC
US defense official confirms: chief of staff Jen Stewart replaced by Kash Patel, a former Devin Nunes staffer who worked to discredit the Russia investigation. Also out, Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan, ret Navy SEAL who was Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1326258800777682945
#11581640 at 2020-11-10 22:44:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14787: Ezra Cohen Watnick at Pentagon Edition
paul mcleary (Writes. Former @ForeignPolicy. National security)
@paulmcleary
Dizzying day at DoD.
Out: Policy chief James Anderson, UnderSec for Intel Joseph Kernan, Esper's Chief of Staff Jen Stewart
IN: Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Acting UnderSec Intel, also Kash Patel as CoS. Patel and Watnick both central to Devin Nunes efforts
https://twitter.com/paulmcleary/status/1326284959435395074
#11581591 at 2020-11-10 22:41:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14787: Ezra Cohen Watnick at Pentagon Edition
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOD Statement on Personnel Changes at the Pentagon
NOV. 10, 2020
As announced yesterday, November 9, President Trump has designated the National Counter Terrorism Center Director, Chris Miller, as the Acting Secretary of Defense. Mr. Miller took over those functions and responsibilities mid-day yesterday. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist remains in his position and continues to execute his responsibilities.
Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart submitted letters of resignation.
Dr. Anderson submitted his letter of resignation to the President this morning, effective today. The Acting Secretary of Defense has delegated the responsibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to Mr. Anthony Tata. As such, Mr. Tata is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. He previously was the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Dr. Thomas Williams will now perform the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
As planned for several months, Under Secretary Kernan submitted his letter of resignation, effective today. Current Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operation and Low-Intensity Conflict Ezra Cohen-Watnick will be the new Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. Mr. Ralph Cacci will continue to perform the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
Also today, Ms. Stewart submitted her resignation from the position of Chief of Staff, effective today. Mr. Kash Patel, currently on the National Security Council staff, has been named by Acting Secretary Miller as his Chief of Staff.
Acting Secretary of Defense Miller issued the following statement on these personnel changes: "I want to thank Dr. Anderson, Admiral Kernan and Jen Stewart for their service to the nation and the Department. Over their careers each has contributed greatly to the national defense and the future of the Department of Defense. We wish them the best in their next endeavors.
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2411893/dod-statement-on-personnel-changes-at-the-pentagon/
#11580179 at 2020-11-10 21:23:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14785: These are the dates of our lives Edition
US defense official confirms: chief of staff Jen Stewart replaced by Kash Patel, a former Devin Nunes staffer who worked to discredit the Russia investigation. Also out, Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan, ret Navy SEAL who was Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1326258800777682945
8kun Midnight Riders Posts (2)
#25300 at 2020-12-17 07:44:23 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #115: The Sea Is Ours Edition
"Make no mistake. It's not revenge we're after. It's a "Reckoning"
Kennedy's National Security Action Memorandum #57 wasn't activated until 57 years after its writing-by President Trump-in November, an interesting numerical coincidence perhaps, and the following has already happened:
- Special Forces have been moved from control of Department of Defence hacks and Obama generals to White House control under Trump
- DoD Deep State sleeper, Mark Esper-fired
- Chris Krebs, Cyber Security hack who allowed election fraud to occur-fired
- Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Admiral Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart-terminated.
- Alexis Ros sacked and out the door
This is a blood bath and it is just the preface to what is soon to come.
Friday's dismissal by the Supreme Court of the Texas case has opened what may be the only door for President Trump to fulfil his oath of office..."
https://richardsonpost.com/howellwoltz/19453/roberts-scotus-are-compromised/
#8972 at 2020-11-10 22:54:12 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #38: Batten Down The Hatches!!
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOD Statement on Personnel Changes at the Pentagon
NOV. 10, 2020
As announced yesterday, November 9, President Trump has designated the National Counter Terrorism Center Director, Chris Miller, as the Acting Secretary of Defense. Mr. Miller took over those functions and responsibilities mid-day yesterday. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist remains in his position and continues to execute his responsibilities.
Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, Jen Stewart submitted letters of resignation.
Dr. Anderson submitted his letter of resignation to the President this morning, effective today. The Acting Secretary of Defense has delegated the responsibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to Mr. Anthony Tata. As such, Mr. Tata is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. He previously was the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Dr. Thomas Williams will now perform the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
As planned for several months, Under Secretary Kernan submitted his letter of resignation, effective today. Current Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operation and Low-Intensity Conflict Ezra Cohen-Watnick will be the new Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. Mr. Ralph Cacci will continue to perform the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
Also today, Ms. Stewart submitted her resignation from the position of Chief of Staff, effective today. Mr. Kash Patel, currently on the National Security Council staff, has been named by Acting Secretary Miller as his Chief of Staff.
Acting Secretary of Defense Miller issued the following statement on these personnel changes: "I want to thank Dr. Anderson, Admiral Kernan and Jen Stewart for their service to the nation and the Department. Over their careers each has contributed greatly to the national defense and the future of the Department of Defense. We wish them the best in their next endeavors.
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2411893/dod-statement-on-personnel-changes-at-the-pentagon/