Interesting
The author is formerly the Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa, under the Obama administration (of course). Rumor has it he still has a security clearance so someone should definitely look into this.
Steven Simon, the author, is a former United States National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa.
He was Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He was a Spring 2008 Berlin Prize Fellow, and is now a visiting professor at Colby College in Maine.
He is an analyst at the Quincy Institute, which was formed in 2019 with funding from Soros’ Open Society Foundation and the Koch Foundation.
Time for the NSA to review Steven Simon’s communication records and figure out who was feeding him information. Then prosecute them both.
Steven Simon’s C-SPAN appearances: https://www.c-span.org/person/?stevensimon