Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says Mike Walz's plan to purge every “intelligence official” working in “various departments” across the federal government “currently detailed” to the National Security Council (NSC) He criticized the National Security Adviser's plan.
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“Yesterday, President Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Walz @michaelgwaltz announced the drastic plan to fire all national security employees who are seconded from other departments to serve in non-political, non-partisan senior staff roles. ,” Vindman wrote.
He continued:
Walz framed the decision as a way to remove Biden-era appointees and force absolute alignment with President Trump's policy agenda. Notably, Walz justified this move by citing my role in exposing Trump's abuses of power that led to his first impeachment. Based on my actions, Walz aims to purge numerous experts from the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, and other agencies, not because of their actions but because of their blind loyalty to Trump. This is due to the request of
Breitbart News' Matthew Boyle explained how the NSC works:
The way the NSC works is that the National Security Adviser oversees a team of political appointees from the president, including “detailers,” who work in various agencies and departments of the federal government. Learn more about working in the White House for a period of time with assigned people, or NSCs in the portfolio that demonstrate expertise. These career intelligence personnel come from a wide range of locations, including the FBI, CIA, NSA, Department of Defense, and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and report to political appointees at the top of each of the NSC's major portfolios. . The NSC has regional portfolios focused on areas such as the Western Hemisphere, Middle East, Europe and Asia, as well as portfolios specializing in issues as diverse as counter-terrorism and cyber policy. Detailers then help coordinate with various agencies and departments to ensure that the entire federal government implements the president's decisions.
“The problem with Vindman was not during the transfer window,” Walz said in an interview, but the problem was that “he was already scheduled to be transferred and he didn't move until the following summer or fall. “That is,” he said.
In an interview, Vindman added: “To set the record straight, I am a non-political detail officer and loyal military officer who carries out President Trump's national security agenda, as outlined in the National Security Strategy approved by President Trump.” My actions were consistent with President Trump's stated national security policy.”
“President Trump refuses to remain silent as he engages in criminal activity, pressurizes Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden in an effort to steal the 2020 election, and threaten a free and fair election,” Vindman said. He claimed that the cause was that he had “damaged the law” and that he had “not betrayed” his oath. Under the U.S. Constitution, he was “dismissed.”
