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1) A thread on Adam Lovinger, a little-known, but important player in the #Spygate scandal.
2) Adam Lovinger worked as a strategist in the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA) which is a think tank that looks 20 to 30 years into the military's future.
His job required a top-level security clearance.
His job required a top-level security clearance.
3) Lovinger grew concerned over the ONA's use of outside contractors, cronyism and a revolving door policy due to analysts leaving to join the better-paid ranks of private contractors.
4) In September of 2016 Lovinger wrote an email to ONA director, James H. Baker. (See quote in tweet below)
5) "More than once I have heard our contractor studies labeled ‘derivative,’ ‘college-level’ and based heavily on secondary sources. One of our contractor studies was literally cut and pasted from a World Bank report that I just happened to have read the week before.”
6) The contractor being referenced was Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), whose president is Jacqueline Newmyer Deal. Chelsea Clinton and Deal were at each other's weddings, and in 2011 Chelsea referred to Deal as her “best friend.”
7) Hillary Clinton tried to arrange Pentagon and State Department consulting contracts for Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, which raised concerns over federal ethics rules violations. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-sought-pentagon-state-department-contracts-chelseas-friend/
8) Lovinger wrote a second email to his boss identifying another individual as a source of contractual concern:
“The moral hazard associated with the Washington Headquarters Services contracting with Stefan Halper.”
“The moral hazard associated with the Washington Headquarters Services contracting with Stefan Halper.”
9) Lovinger wrote: “Halper was being used by Net Assessment to go out essentially and engage with foreign government officials. As a contractor that’s totally illegal.”
10) Halper was awarded $1 million in contracts
Lovinger said: “There has never been an external review of these contractors’ research products. It is now clear that over several decades the office [ONA] transferred millions of dollars to inexperienced and unqualified contractors”
Lovinger said: “There has never been an external review of these contractors’ research products. It is now clear that over several decades the office [ONA] transferred millions of dollars to inexperienced and unqualified contractors”
11) During the Trump transition, Lovinger was invited by General Flynn to serve as a Senior Director on the White House Security Council, along with Ezra Cohen-Watnick.
On the day Lovinger was transferred, his boss at ONA (James H. Baker) filed four separate charges against him.
On the day Lovinger was transferred, his boss at ONA (James H. Baker) filed four separate charges against him.
12) On May 1, 2017, Lovinger was notified that his Top-Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance had been suspended.
He was the second Trump official to lose his security clearance.
Lovinger returned to work at the Pentagon.
He was the second Trump official to lose his security clearance.
Lovinger returned to work at the Pentagon.
13) In June of 2017, Lovinger officially became a whistleblower. He filed an ethics complaint, charging that his superiors misused the security clearance process to punish him for exposing corruption.
@SaraCarterDC wrote this article. https://saraacarter.com/whistleblower-exposes-key-player-in-fbi-russia-probe-it-was-all-a-set-up/
@SaraCarterDC wrote this article. https://saraacarter.com/whistleblower-exposes-key-player-in-fbi-russia-probe-it-was-all-a-set-up/
14) In April 2018, Lovinger was notified by the Pentagon that he had been suspended without pay. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-deep-state-weaponizes-vetting-of-trump-appointees-1525215143
15) Lovinger appealed the unpaid suspension but the appeal was denied.
Supporters expressed shock at the ruling, saying the judge appeared to ignore all evidence that Lovinger was a victim of retaliation and didn’t breach security rules. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/20/adam-lovinger-trump-supporter-stripped-pentagon-se/
Supporters expressed shock at the ruling, saying the judge appeared to ignore all evidence that Lovinger was a victim of retaliation and didn’t breach security rules. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/20/adam-lovinger-trump-supporter-stripped-pentagon-se/
16) The latest:
A confidential counterintelligence investigation By NCIS cleared Lovinger of allegations of leaking data to the news media, but the Pentagon never told his lawyers he had been cleared of wrongdoing. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/14/investigation-clears-analyst-accused-of-leaking-da/
A confidential counterintelligence investigation By NCIS cleared Lovinger of allegations of leaking data to the news media, but the Pentagon never told his lawyers he had been cleared of wrongdoing. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/14/investigation-clears-analyst-accused-of-leaking-da/
17) Lovinger’s attorney, Sean Bigley, has filed a complaint with the Defense Department Inspector General, accusing Pentagon officials of a “serious ethics violation” by withholding the exoneration.
18) Chuck Grassley is putting pressure on the Pentagon to come clean about their use of Stefan Halper. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/grassley-says-pentagon-failed-to-meet-demand-for-info-on-contracts-with-fbi-informant-stefan-halper
