White House (Falsely) Downplays Political Adviser's (Bannon) Role On NSC

[Miles Archer]

White House (Falsely) Downplays Political Adviser’s Role On NSC



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-nsc-falsehoods_us_588fc009e4b0c90efeff78e7?ebup7gho3zf5n4s4i&

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s White House on Monday defended its placement of a political adviser on the National Security Council ― and in the process falsely described the extent of the change.

Trump signed a directive on Saturday outlining the structure of the NSC and a key “Principals Committee,” a standard housekeeping step done at the start of a new administration. What made Trump’s document unprecedented, though, was the elevation of White House “chief strategist” Stephen Bannon to both groups, technically giving him more clout on national security matters than either the director of national intelligence or the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Bannon until recently was the head of Breitbart News, a web site that traffics in white nationalism. Both the nation’s top intelligence officer and military officer are no longer permanent members of the Principals Committee, as they were under President Barack Obama.

“Putting Bannon there? That’s different,” said Eliot Cohen, a State Department official under Bush and a member of his NSC’s Deputies Committee. “That’s the part people should be alarmed by.”

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Trumpy is violating the law. He doesn't have the power to nullify laws by decree.

The structure and vetting of NSC members is codified.

Trumpy is violating TWO parts of the law.


https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3021

Seems like no one wants to cite the LAW when talking about this issue. But the law makes it easy.