CW dig related:

"There's no question that during the transition that he was airing his antipathy to the CIA,” the senior former intelligence official who worked with Cohen-Watnick says.

“I got the impression he had an ax to grind, and this was an opportunity to demonstrate who was in charge.”

He also "was very clear that he was entitled…, that he had access…and a voice in policy meetings."

He made it very clear,” the former official adds,

“that he was speaking on behalf of Flynn.”

Adding to his value, says a former high-ranking Defense Department intelligence official:

"His parents knew Jared Kushner,”

the Trump son-in-law and confidante who was emerging as a major force in the administration.

“Flynn saw that as extremely valuable.”

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www.newsweek.com/ezra-cohen-watnick-donald-trump-devin-nunes-russia-barack-obama-wiretap-susan-583904

Other old acquaintances share that affection, but worry that he’s not grown much since his formative years.

“Ezra was impervious,” one says, “to anything that challenged his ideological view of the world.”

https://www.newsweek.com/ezra-cohen-watnick-donald-trump-devin-nunes-russia-barack-obama-wiretap-susan-583904

Ezra Cohen Watnick's early influences include the Union League of Philidelphia

The Union League of Philadelphia is the oldest and most prominent of the remaining loyalty leagues. Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln, it laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by Civil War. It has given loyal support to the American military in all conflicts since. Its motto is "Love of Country Leads."

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Firewall 3 = Bill Priestap

Firwall 4 = Peter Strzok

Firewall 1 = ?

Firewall 2 = ?