"Ever wish to live in a world in which one of the internet’s foremost conspiracist theorists gets an unnatural amount of sway over the personnel at our leading national security agency? Congrats, buddy—you’ve arrived!"

~ Cathy Young

#Trump #LauraLoomer #NationalSecurity
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lamps-going-out-around-us-trump-markets-nato-american-decline

"All it took for President Trump to fire keys members of his own national security team was the urging of right-wing conspiracist Laura Loomer in an insane Oval Office meeting Wednesday."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #LauraLoomer #NationalSecurity
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/laura-loomer-says-jump-trump-asks

"The notion that Loomer could be given access to the White House grounds is astonishing; the fact that she could decimate the leadership of the intelligence community in a 30-minute semi-private audience with Trump is worrisome, to say the least."

#Trump #LauraLoomer #NationalSecurity
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…Gen Haugh was informed of the decision while traveling. Current & fmr ofcls said Gen Haugh’s deputy at the #NSA, Wendy Noble, was also removed from her post, & possibly reassigned to another position at the #Pentagon.

…#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth & #Trump have removed several top officers from their posts including the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff…; the chief of naval operations [#Navy #CNO]…; & the commandant of the #CoastGuard….

Gen Haugh was also seen by the #Trump admin as moving too slowly on its mandate to eliminate #DEI programs.

Rep Himes, the top Democrat on the #House #Intelligence Cmte, said the public was owed an explanation.

“I have known General Haugh to be an honest & forthright leader who followed the #law & put #NationalSecurity first—I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this administration,” Himes said.

A spox for #USCyberCom said she could not confirm Gen Haugh’s removal, & referred questions to the #Pentagon, which did not respond for comment. A White House spox did not confirm the ouster.

But a #US official briefed on the matter said #LauraLoomer, a #FarRight activist & outside adviser to #Trump, called for Gen Haugh’s removal during her Oval Office meeting on Thurs. Trump ordered #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth to fire Gen Haugh, the ofcl said.

The head of the #NSA & US #Cyber Command was removed from his job on Thurs, acc/to the top #Democrats on the congressional #intelligence committees.

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia & Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut condemned the ouster of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the #spy agency & the #military command.

The move caught intelligence officials off guard.

The review also will “review compliance with classification & records retention requirements,” Stebbins wrote. He requested that the #Defense Dept designate 2 points of contact within 5 days, with work done both in Washington & at the headquarters of US Central Command in Tampa, Florida.

Steven Stebbins, the #Pentagon’s acting #IG, said in a memo to #SecDef #PeteHegseth & Dpty #DOD Secy Steve Feinberg that the review will “determine the extent to which the Secretary of #Defense & other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies & procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business.”

of course #Trump listened to the #FarRight #radical promoting #ConspiracyTheories

Trump fired at least 3 senior #NationalSecurity Council [#NSC] officials at the urging of the #extremist & conspiracist #LauraLoomer, according to a US official w/direct knowledge of the matter. The dismissals came a day after she met him in the Oval Office with a list of administration personnel she deemed #disloyal to him.

#USpol #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html?smid=url-share

The meeting came after a recent string of social media attacks by Loomer on #Trump administration officials, including Alex Wong, the dpty #NationalSecurity adviser. Wong’s boss, #MikeWaltz, has been under fire…for more than a week after…[his #Signal Houthi PC group chat was exposed].

…But Loomer…questioned Wong’s loyalty to the admin because his wife worked as a #DOJ lawyer during the #Biden & #Obama admins, & because her father had been a large shareholder in a Chinese satellite maker.

Loomer walked into the WH with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character & loyalty of numerous #NSC ofcls. She proceeded to excoriate them in front of their boss, the #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, who was also in the meeting.

Loomer’s rhetoric & actions have been so #extreme that she has alienated others even on the #FarRight. She has shared a #ConspiracyTheory on social media calling the Sept 11th 2001, terrorist attacks an “inside job.”