As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis comes to dominate headlines, little media attention has been given to the federal government’s decision to classify top-level meetings on domestic coronavirus response and lean heavily “behind the scenes” on U.S. intelligence and the Pentagon in planning for an allegedly imminent explosion of cases.
Hugh Dugan, an ex-diplomat at the US mission to the UN, is a new Trump appointee in the National Security Council.
Hugh Dugan, a retired United States Foreign Service officer and former US delegate to the United Nations, has been appointed to the US National Security Council as special assistant for international organization affairs, an integral post for government relations with the UN.
This week Kevin Gosztola joined me to discuss the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower case and the possibility of a presidential impeachment. Kevin started by laying out what we know about the CIA whistleblower in question and what is in his complaint. Kevin described how the whistleblower went through the proper channels, and how this was handled by […]
WASHINGTON — Evidence continues to mount that elements of the U.S. government are determined to sabotage the Korea peace talks, and the newest member of the Trump administration’s National Security Council is just the latest indication that such efforts are indeed underway.
President Trump sure knows how to keep the hits coming. In the last few weeks there have been some new cabinet and advisory picks and appointments made by him. One of the more significant ones lately was the selection of John Bolton as the new National Security Advisor, an appointment scheduled to take effect on April 9, 2018.
John Bolton comes to the job with a reputation of being a complete “America Firster” kind of guy, and one of the major criticisms of the man is that he is a consummate warmonger or at least, a hawk, whether it is well conceived or not.
Amid a furious and “chilling” push by the Trump Justice Department to root out leakers — which has included suggestions that even journalists could be targeted—Axios reported Sunday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has floated the idea of putti
President Donald Trump’s White House Senior Adviser Steve Bannon, and National Security Adviser HR McMaster, attend a news conference at the White House, April 12, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
Following Michael Flynn’s forced resignation as Donald Trump’s national security advisor, it seemed as though neoconservatives had completely infiltrated the Trump administration. Flynn’s replacement is a staunch anti-Russian imperialist, General HR McMaster.
(ANTIMEDIA) The Trump administration recently launched a public survey on the White House’s website where participants can indicate which federal departments they believe should be eliminated.
While some survey options fall in line with the traditional Republican agenda, such as cutting the Department of Energy and the National Endowment for the Arts, others appear to flout the power of the Washington D.C., establishment. The CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Pentagon, and National Security Council are also options.
(ZHE) In what may be the most dramatic shake-up at the White House since Mike Flynn resigned in February, moments ago Bloomberg reported that President Trump has reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon and stripping him of his security clearance as well as downgrading the role o
(ZHE) After it was revealed over the weekend by Mike Cernovich that Susan Rice was the mysterious Obama official behind the “unmasking” of Trump associates, the details behind the extreme measures taken by the Obama administration, including what seems to be personal legal liability for Susan Rice and potentially others, continue to grow more and more disturbing.
