That EO also enacted a State of Emergency that’s still active.
+ Special Forces was recently pulled from CIA moved under DOD (under POTUS/CiC) control.
+ DVS is Canadian, server was in Germany, other countries are involved.
= ?
I believe the order was related to the recent disclosure by former DOD officials that “they” were lying to the President about our involvement in Syria as far as troop involvement as well as potentially other theaters.
The CIA gets actionable intelligence and they work with spec ops teams to carry out actions. The lines get a bit blurry as to who has direct control and ability to authorize kinetic action.
You and I are both speculating, but I think that clarification had more to do with what I wrote than anything to do with the election.