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Pentagon Pulls Security Clearance of Trump White House Aide: Political retribution by anti-Trumpers
Washington Free Beacon ^ | May 4, 2017 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 05/07/2017 10:09:33 PM PDT by HokieMom

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.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 201701; 201705; adamlovinger; adamslovinger; alabama; clearance; dod; draintheswamp; flynn; gertz; jeffsessions; lovinger; mcmaster; nationalsecurity; nsa; nsc; ona; securityclearance; stefanhalper; trump45; tssci
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Mike Cernovich‏Verified account @Cernovich 44m44 minutes ago

My sources confirm this story checks out. Our national security is literally being put at risk by #NeverTrump'ers.

1 posted on 05/07/2017 10:09:33 PM PDT by HokieMom
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To: HokieMom

Happens the week before the do the full court press against Trump for hiring Flynn. That’s not an accident.


2 posted on 05/07/2017 10:15:10 PM PDT by RedWulf
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To: HokieMom
So a Matis stooge did this?

Trump needs to lean on him, or even get rid of him and his cronies.

3 posted on 05/07/2017 10:15:44 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: HokieMom

President Trump should appoint Adam S. Lovinger to the position just above who ever made the decision. Let Adam fire the varmint.


4 posted on 05/07/2017 10:20:59 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: HokieMom

Last I checked Trump was President and he can let anyone at the Pentagon go.

He needs to start.


5 posted on 05/07/2017 10:22:33 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: HokieMom

If McMaster is out, all this could change.


6 posted on 05/07/2017 10:31:53 PM PDT by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: HokieMom

Yet Hillary still has her access.


7 posted on 05/07/2017 10:34:26 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: stylin19a

We can hope.


8 posted on 05/07/2017 10:50:10 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: stylin19a

https://medium.com/@Cernovich/president-mcmaster-mcmaster-to-meet-with-trump-to-discuss-who-is-running-the-white-house-f702acaa5be3


9 posted on 05/07/2017 10:52:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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President McMaster? McMaster to Meet with Trump to Discuss Who is Running the White House

President Trump and his NSA H.R. McMaster have an important meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning. During this meeting they will discuss an important question: Who is President?

10 posted on 05/07/2017 10:52:43 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Alan E. Moses‏ @AlanEMoses5 May 4

Globalist NSA Director Lt General HR McMaster On Way Out http://www.thoughtsandopinionsalane.com/2017/05/globalist-nsa-director-lt-general-hr.html …

11 posted on 05/07/2017 10:55:55 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: 9YearLurker

So, will Trump fire McMasters? He seems disloyal.


12 posted on 05/07/2017 10:59:27 PM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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McMaster Hires Major General Ricky Waddell as Deputy NSA without Trump’s Approval

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has named Army Reserve Major General Ricky Waddell his deputy without obtaining authorization from President Donald Trump, leading to drama and confusion among White House staff and even the media. Waddell set up an office inside the executive building, and is acting as McMaster’s deputy.

13 posted on 05/07/2017 11:00:32 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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John Hunt‏ @Hunt1954 1h1 hour ago

Replying to @Cernovich I think McMaster should be transfered to an operational command. NSA is part political not just military. He is a good general.

14 posted on 05/07/2017 11:03:40 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom; null and void; KC_Lion; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; TWhiteBear; WildHighlander57; ...

Ping.

President McMaster? McMaster to Meet with Trump to Discuss Who is Running the White House

President Trump and his NSA H.R. McMaster have an important meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning.

During this meeting they will discuss an important question: Who is President?

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15 posted on 05/07/2017 11:13:33 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT; HokieMom
During this meeting they will discuss an important question: Who is President?

Wow! you people are lunatics. Is there any piece of anti-Trump propaganda you will not latch on to?
16 posted on 05/08/2017 12:25:03 AM PDT by JoSixChip (Cruz <- sleaze; Clinton <- criminal; Trump <- winner)
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To: VTenigma

Why? She’s not in government anymore.


17 posted on 05/08/2017 2:27:48 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: HokieMom

Trump needs to clean house at the Pentagon. Obama filled it with his jackels. Like Dempsey. Is he still there??


18 posted on 05/08/2017 2:40:21 AM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEyrAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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To: Chgogal

Rumor has him getting a 4th star and #2 position in the army—which at least gets him out of where he is.


19 posted on 05/08/2017 2:58:09 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: HokieMom

Playing politics with White House positions is an old game. I don’t approve, but it’s something we have to tolerate. Playing politics with security clearances is unacceptable. Everyone involved in pulling a security clearance for any reason other than valid security concerns should be fired and lose their clearance for life. Anyone who would politicize the protection of classified information does not have America’s interests at heart.


20 posted on 05/08/2017 3:11:47 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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