Note Snodgrass the writer of NYTs article? The woman recently supposedly named has not been confirmed, interesting. I think you guys named this person early on
UPDATED: The Purge Continues
With Impeachment Theater in his rear view mirror and with Dems obsessing over their own incompetence and fractiousness–not to mention the public's basic lack of interest–Trump seems to feel free to purge key elements of his administration of Obama era holdovers. The Washington Examiner reports–Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC:
—President Trump is making good on his promises
Many were loaners from other agencies and have been sent back. Others left government work.
—“This month, we will complete the right-sizing goal Ambassador O’Brien outlined in October, and in fact, may exceed that target by drawing down even more positions,” John Ullyot, the NSC’s senior director for strategic communications, told Secrets.
—This is progress. OTOH, it's best to bear in mind that Obama era holdovers aren't the only problem. Consider: Ciaramella and Misko (and some other Obama holdovers) left the NSC before Impeachment Theater began. They kept in touch with what was going on in the White House through communications with … Trump's own people! Yes, John Bolton, who brought the Vindman twins into the NSC. We also know that before that other Trump appointees–McMaster comes to mind–carried out purges against people Michael Flynn had brought in. So Draining the Swamp is a bit more complicated than just ousting Obama holdovers.
—Also, this morning Joe diGenova announced on radio:
—"I am told that soon there will someone else leaving the White House, who wrote that article [see below]. Apparently they have identified 'anonymous' and we were told that – Victoria and I were at dinner with a senior government official last week — and we were told that by this person they have, in fact, identified 'anonymous.'"
—Unfortunately he also said he didn't want to burn his source by naming "Anonymous." This is the original article from September 5, 2018:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
—I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
—Which once against shows that Obama holdovers aren't the only or, perhaps, biggest problem.
—UPDATE: diGenova's claim may not be news–unless Anonymous is someone other than the chief speechwriter for former SecDef Jim "Moderate Dog" Mattis. As commenter Mike Sylwester notes, this story has been "out there" for a while–unless its someone different or they've simply confirmed the identity. According to the NYPost in November, 2019:
—A former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton said he believes the anonymous writer of a scathing New York Times op-ed and tell-all book about the Trump administration is the chief speechwriter for former Defense Secretary James Mattis.
—David Kusnet, writing in The New Republic on Monday, said he compared the writing styles of “A Warning,” which was published on Nov. 19, with former Pentagon aide Guy Snodgrass’ memoir “Holding the Line,” which was published in October.
Kusnet said by reading the two works, the “clues to Anonymous’s identity are apparent.”
—“As in ‘A Warning,’ the sentences and paragraphs are pithy and punchy. Every chapter in both books begins with an inspiring but not cliched quotation from an historic figure,” Kusnet writes in making his case that Snodgrass is Anonymous.
—“Many passages in both books are remarkably similar: the ordeal of conducting a Pentagon briefing for Trump; national security staffers exchanging appalled asides about Trump’s conduct of foreign policy via Twitter; and the arguments for why American alliances strengthen national security and immigration policy shouldn’t be based on building a border wall,” he continued.
Snodgrass, a 43-year-old retired naval aviator and Top Gun instructor, tweeted “the swirl continues…” and linked to a copy of the New Republic article.
Kusnet said that while some of what Anonymous wrote in “A Warning” appears to disqualify Snodgrass, other qualities mark him as the author.
“Snodgrass checks three boxes: He can write. He knows and cares about national security — a major theme of ‘A Warning.’ And, to borrow from his description of Mattis, he is ‘a badass’ who eventually offended his hero and won a pre-publication battle with the Pentagon over the release of ‘Holding the Line,'” Kusnet wrote.
Snodgrass did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Kusnet’s supposition.
—I covered that back then: Mattis Speechwriter The "Anonymous" Author Of "A Warning"? but forgot. We'll see.
http://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-purge-continues.html?m=1