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Swordsmyth
07-17-2018, 09:04 PM
A top intelligence official at the National Security Council (NSC) is reportedly leaving the White House.
Michael Barry, senior NSC director for intelligence programs, is leaving the council as part of national security adviser John Bolton’s major staffing overhaul, two government officials told the Daily Beast (https://www.thedailybeast.com/national-security-councils-intelligence-chief-is-leaving-as-john-bolton-cleans-house?via=twitter_page).
One source quoted in the report Tuesday said that Barry is leaving on “very good terms,” but that his departure will be a “tough loss.” Barry is reportedly returning to the CIA, where he served before joining the NSC.

President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump)'s former national security adviser H.R. McMaster hired Barry to replace Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who reportedly butted heads with other officials before being fired in August, according to the Daily Beast.

More at: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/397553-top-intel-official-leaving-national-security-council-report

Aratus
07-17-2018, 09:53 PM
It's a sideways promotion/demotion? Like it opens a position most political?

timosman
07-17-2018, 09:59 PM
It's a sideways promotion/demotion? Like it opens a position most political?

A lateral arabesque.