Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman Will Be Transferred From the White House

NYT ^ | Feb. 7, 2020, 11:34 a.m. ET | By Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker

[Red Badger]

The White House plans to transfer Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, whose testimony in the House impeachment hearings infuriated President Trump and his allies, out of the National Security Council staff as early as Friday, two senior administration officials said.

It was not immediately clear where he would next be sent within the Defense Department, one administration official said, but Colonel Vindman is on active duty in the military.

The action comes just days after Mr. Trump was acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial that turned in part on the testimony of Colonel Vindman and other administration officials who described a campaign to pressure Ukraine into announcing corruption investigations into former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and other Democrats.

Mr. Trump made clear as recently as Thursday his personal antipathy for Colonel Vindman, who oversaw American policy toward Ukraine on the National Security Council staff and whose twin brother, Yevgeny Vindman, works as a lawyer for the N.S.C. “Lieutenant Colonel Vindman and his twin brother, right?” the president said at one point during a rambling hourlong venting session at the White House. “We had some people that — really amazing.”

[FreedomPoster]

Might get someone useful killed.

[spudville]

Why not Afghanistan?

Sounds good. A one man listening post in a cave. He can listen in on Taliban communications. He’s good at listening in on conversations.

[Huskrrrr]

Learn to code.

[Jess Kitting]

With acquittal behind him Trump launches his offensive.

Good for him! Who's next?

[spudville]

Been there done that. ‘78-’79

[Qiviut]

I counted at least 12 articles of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) that LTC “Chow Hound” Vindman could be charged with (one of which carries the death penalty)

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I really wish someone would take what he did seriously & not exempt him from the UCMJ that the ‘regular’ soldiers are held to, the same way Hilly & the rest of the coup plotters are skating after breaking some very serious laws.

[tennmountainman]

Let him peel potatoes at a Army mess hall.

[kaehurowing]

Actually, I would send him to be our security liaison in Wuhan, China.

[Levy78]

transfer him to Gitmo.

[BeauBo]

Barrow is a decent option for one of the Vindman twins (before final assignment to Ft. Leavenworth).

Some other good options:

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (hurry - Winter lockdown is approaching down there):

Liaison to a small group fighting ISIS, al Queda, the Government and neighboring tribes in rural Yemen:

A WWII abandoned Japanese Naval outpost in the Pacific, further from a continent than any other man-made structure (supply ships only come once a year, due to local radiation levels from past weapons testing):

Long term deep cover infiltration of an exceptionally extreme islamist group in rural Niger (unfortunately, the urgency of the mission allows no time for language training, or any other training - plane leaves at 5:PM tomorrow):

[100%FEDUP]

This shows the power of Gov’t employee unions. People become embedded in these jobs, firing them is close to impossible, they move freely around the agencies until death or retirement whichever comes first!

[Not A Snowbird]

He can’t be trusted. Clearly he needs to be out.

[PLMerite]

"Hope he enjoys counting paper clips in Barrow, Alaska....................."

They might find something else he could do:

[rlmorel]

Here is what I imagine it was like every day in the halls of the White House:

[Red Badger]

Him wearing Dress Blues to a Congressional committee hearing was just plain dumb....................

[rlmorel]

I have serious issues with this guy, doing what he did, then trying to hide behind the uniform in that fashion.

What a fat disgrace.

[Red Badger]

It was roughly equivalent to a woman wearing an evening gown to the laundromat..............

[Vince Ferrer]

Transfer him to a dark, windowless basement without wireless access, flickering flourescent lights, and a creaking, unbalanced chair.

...and without a red stapler.

[MarDav]

That’s PRIVATE Vanderbilt to you, sir...

[AFreeBird]

Gitmo. Navy runs the show there (I think), but I’m sure they could find something for an Army puke to do.

No offense to the honorable Army folks out there.