Exclusive: Former Obama CIA Director John Brennan’s Director of Operations TOM RAKUSAN is currently working at the Department of Defense under the Trump administration as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense

Laura Loomer on Twitter X ^ | July 22, 2025 | Laura Loomer

[Macho MAGA Man]

This is outrageous! Who's in charge of the vetting????

[Diogenesis]

[RummyChick]

when I saw the headline I already knew it had to be Loomer.

She is kind of nutty but she does the due diligence that needs to be done

[crz]

I dont know why people cant get through their heads that DC is a closed society.

Once your in it, you get put on the list. The list is of those who are exclusive to the society. No outsiders allowed.

It is a revolving door.

[1Old Pro]

Fire him, now.

[TexasGunLover]

This is outrageous! Who's in charge of the vetting????

Wait until you find out where Peter Strzok is. Trump can't directly fire anyone... he can just ask that they be fired, and the actual firing depends on a huge process through the bureaucracy.

[albie]

Show him the door. No matter what he claims.

[9YearLurker]

Makes sense, given that he is reporting to the apparent head of Deep State Central at the DoD:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Feinberg

[alternatives?]

and to get in it, you have to be compromised.

[Macho MAGA Man]

(Trump can’t directly fire anyone... he can just ask that they be fired, and the actual firing depends on a huge process through the bureaucracy.)

I don’t know, they got rid of Maurene Comey pretty quick.

[aynrandfreak]

I wonder if someone in the administration is perhaps giving her leads.

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[TexasGunLover]

I don’t know, they got rid of Maurene Comey pretty quick.

As long as the chain of command cooperates, it's definitely possible. If it doesn't... then it's just words.

[popdonnelly]

So this is a purge?

[rrrod]

WTF?

[Macho MAGA Man]

(I wonder if someone in the administration is perhaps giving her leads.)

It has to be someone. I’ve said that from the beginning. There’s no way she’s getting this inside information by herself doing an investigation. She doesn’t have the clearance.

[Gay State Conservative]

later

[9YearLurker]

He reports to a Cerberus Deep Stater, and is from the intel-linked PE firm himself: https://www.cerberus.com/our-firm/leadership/tom-rakusan/

He also worked for Feinberg’s family office VC fund.

These guys are at the very heart of the MIC Deep State. What are they doing working for Hegseth? Makes me think of the old Donald Rumsfeld lament that Mossad had more influence in the DoD than he did.

[9YearLurker]

So we should all give up and go home?

[bigbob]

One of the 3.5 million federal executive branch employees?

Gee, who let that slip thru?