CNN reports on the smear campaign against Trump’s national security advisor, H.R. McMaster.
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Some right-wing media outlets this week began a sustained attack on McMaster after he removed a top intelligence adviser, seen as a continuation of his effort to purge acolytes of his predecessor, Gen. Michael Flynn, from the National Security Council.Some conservatives also raised objections to his decision earlier this year to extend a security clearance for Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s final national security adviser who has been accused by some conservatives of mishandling classified information involving Trump campaign associates.
A senior administration official said Thursday that McMaster has written letters to all past national security advisers — including Rice — extending their security clearances. The official characterized the letters as a pro-forma move that allows the former advisers to participate in administration discussions about national security matters that originated under their tenure.But the impression that McMaster was going easy on Rice pervaded certain conservative websites, including Breitbart, which blared the headline: “H.R. McMaster Promised Susan Rice She Could Keep Security Clearance in Secret Letter.” Another conservative outlet, The Daily Caller, declared that “Everything the President Wants to Do, McMaster Opposes.”
This is really interesting to me because I’ve seen a lot of exaggerated claims against McMaster from the alt-right. Why are they so angry at this one guy? There’s a theory that it’s because he figured out who was leaking from the admin to alt-right websites, and fired them. Either way, it’s just more in-fighting for the Trump administration…