Bolton's New NSC Chief Of Staff Served As VP Of Anti-Muslim Hate Group

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Kate Riga | May 30, 2018 9:08 am

National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new pick to be the National Security Council chief of staff has served for the last five years as the Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group that espouses anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

The Center for Security Policy’s website features a congratulatory post published Tuesday, confirming Fred Fleitz’s tenure.

“Center for Security Policy alumnus Fred Fleitz has been named Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council under John Bolton,” it reads. “Fleitz served as the Center’s Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs from 2013-2018.”

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the group was founded by Reagan official Frank Gaffney Jr. in 1988 and has morphed from a “hawkish think tank” to a “conspiracy-oriented mouthpiece for the growing anti-Muslim movement in the United States.” CSP has also reportedly been banned from CPAC.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bolton-pick-nsc-cos-vp-of-hate-group

[RKP5637]

1. 1930's Germany. n/t

[ck4829]

2. Wasn't that the group that said a government logo was a secret Obama-Muslim crescent?

But then quietly deleted it when it was revealed the logo was made when Bush was President?

[magicarpet]

3. Fascist and Nazis run rampant in the trDump admin.

.... What else is new - that most sane folks are well aware of. Before trDump this scum stayed hidden under large rocks and huge boulders.

[Mc Mike]

4. I see that the CSP got funded by the bircher Bradley foundation.

"LHBF has funded various organizations and individuals contributing to an anti-Islamic hysteria in the United States, according to research by the Center for American Progress (CAP). Between 2001 and 2012, LHBF contributed $6,540,000 to various Islamophobic groups, including the Center for Security Policy..."

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation

[The Mouth]

5. Getting anyone on the right to regard the opinion of SPLC

is a losing cause. Actually, the hatred of SPLC is practically an endorsement to Trump's base.

[olegramps]

6. They are the enemies of truth and the worship and hatred is their God.

[progree]

7. "CSP has also reportedly been banned from CPAC"

That's saying a lot -- too far right / nutty even for the far right / nutty CPAC ( Conservative Political Action Conference ).