Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the former National Security Council aide who was fired amid allegations that he had inappropriately leaked intelligence, has been hired by the Department of Justice to advise Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Cohen-Watnick was close to the Trump administration’s first National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, but was fired by Flynn’s replacement, Lt. Gen. H.R….
According to a report in Buzzfeed Monday, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster mocked Donald Trump’s intelligence at a meeting with powerful CEOs. According to five sources, McMaster told a group that included Oracle CEO Safra Catz that Trump is an “idiot,” a “dope” and has the intelligence of a “kindergartner.” Does this mean that Ezra…
Days after Gen. John Kelly took over as White House chief of staff and immediately fired communication director Anthony Scaramucci, National Security Adviser Gen. H. R. McMaster is asserting his own authority with the firing of Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the National Security Council’s senior director for intelligence. “General McMaster appreciates the good work accomplished in the…
At 31, Ezra Cohen-Watnick is one of the most powerful people in the National Security Council. Just how powerful is he? According to a wide ranging profile published in the Atlantic, Cohen-Watnick’s standing is so strong that an attempt by national security adviser H. R. McMaster to fire the young analyst was blocked by President…
(JTA) — Ezra Cohen-Watnick has been in the spotlight recently following reports that he was the aide behind a White House leak to help back up President Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama had wiretapped him. The New York Times reported last month that the Jewish senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council was one of two White…
A pair of American genealogists believe they’ve found information linking the wife of White House staffer Ezra Cohen-Watnick with pro-Russian advocacy in the U.S. After learning of Cohen-Watnick’s alleged involvement in providing Republican Devin Nunes with information showing members of the Trump transition team had shown up in secret intelligence reports, genealogists Renee Stern Steinig…
Who is Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the 30-year-old White House aide who could be a key player in the blockbuster investigation into Russian ties to President Trump and his campaign? Cohen-Watnick, 30, who The New York Times reports provided key information in the probe, is a once fast-rising protege of ousted Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn…
(JTA) — President Donald Trump reportedly overruled a decision by National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster in order to keep a Jewish National Security Council aide in his current position. McMaster had told Ezra Cohen-Watnick, senior director for intelligence programs at the NSC, that he would be moved to a different position at the NSC after CIA…
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