NSC Staffers Purge Social Media Of Anti-Trump Posts, Fearing Reprisals
SAAGAR ENJETI
DailyCaller.com
02/13/2017
National Security Council (NSC) career staffers are purging their social media accounts of any past anti-Trump sentiments, the New York Times reports.
The purge comes amid increased suspicion among NSC political appointees that career officials are leaking key details of the Trump administration’s possible courses of action. These White House political appointees reportedly call these leaks the “insider threat” and are considering monitoring the phone calls and emails of career staffers.
The White House was reportedly incensed by leaks within the NSC of plans by Secretary of Defense James Mattis to have U.S. sailors board an Iranian ship in international waters to search for contraband headed to Houthi rebels in Yemen. Mattis set aside the operation after the plans leaked.
Political appointees on the NSC, like White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, have instead resorted to drafting plans with little paper trail.
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