21-03-2016, 09:29 PM
Doug Fisher Wrote:I'm going to run through some names listed in today's Washington Post article as Trump's foreign policy team choices. This is just what jumps out at me at first glance...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post...gton-post/
Quote:The Republican presidential front-runner, for the first time, listed five of the people who are part of a team, chaired by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), counseling him on foreign affairs and helping to shape his policies. They are Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Walid Phares and Joseph E. Schmitz.
Quote:Schmitz served as inspector general at the Defense Department during the early years of President George W. Bush's administration and has worked for Blackwater Worldwide.
Along with Jack Keane, that's at least the second Blackwater adviser that Trump has named. There may be more. Jeff Sessions was mentioned above in connection with CNP.
Lots of red flags when it comes to Schmitz. Blackwater, assistant to Ed Meese, Knight of Malta, worked for Patton Boggs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Schmitz
Quote:Schmitz resigned as Defense Department Inspector General on September 9, 2005 in the wake of new allegations that he intervened to obstruct the FBI investigation of fellow Bush appointee to the Department of Defense John A. Shaw in relation to contracting improprieties in Iraq for which Shaw was fired in December 2004.[11][12][13]
The allegations also included interference in the investigation of Mary L. Walker's role in the Torture Memos scandal and Schmitz's redaction of an investigative report on Boeing to remove the names of White House officials before sending it to congress.[9][12]
In addition to serious questions regarding Schmitz's independence from the White House, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) also submitted complaints that Schmitz had accepted a trip to South Korea paid for by a former lobbying client and similarly obtained eight tickets to a Washington Nationals basketball game
As Turkey Bombed Anti-ISIS Fighters, It Hired Lobbying Firm Tied to 2016 Candidates
https://theintercept.com/2015/08/12/turk...oggs-isis/