Vindman gave the game away with his prepared testimony. He believes the permanent bureaucracy should reign supreme, and if some elected politician gets crosswise with the solons of the state, then they must act. So he did, as he detailed in his prepared statement and testimony to Congress. From the statement: “In the Spring of 2019, I became aware of outside influencers promoting a false narrative of Ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the interagency. This narrative was harmful to U.S. government policy.”How they'll howl if he gets prosecuted by a court martial.
There is a lot of wrong in those two sentences, which profoundly illustrate the fundamental flaw Vindman and his fellow Deep Staters operate under. The interagency he mentions is a collection of staff from the major agencies like the State Department, Department of Defense, and intelligence agencies, who meet to coordinate and plan implementation of policy. They most certainly are not supposed to decide what policy the United States will follow.... [despite] his belief that they are the ones whose opinions matter and anyone acting outside of that is acting against U.S. interests. Even if that conflicted with the policy of his superiors all the way up to the president, Vindman and the Deep State would decide what “advanced U.S. policy interests.”
Vindman also took action warning Ukrainian officials he spoke to: “I would tell them to not interfere — not get involved in U.S. domestic politics.”
This was after Vindman says he had determined the calls for an investigation into election interference and anything related to Burisma corruption and the Bidens equaled President Trump trying to get Ukraine to interfere in U.S. politics. He was actively undermining what he believes is the president’s chosen policy—not because it is illegal, but because he disagrees with it and doesn’t think it is important.
That is far beyond Vindman’s duties or authority, and in applying his opinion and actions to counter the president’s goals, Vindman may be violating Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which covers insubordination to the president and other named officials.
This is insubordination and malfeasance, and likely punishable under several sections of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Jimbo: The Deep State Exists
Uncle Jimbo of BLACKFIVE fame wrote a piece for the Federalist under his real (and more professional) name, Jim Hanson.
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An honest court martial will not happen under the current leadership of the Army. Although the Navy is far worse in 'convergence,' the Army is not in the least concerned with the thoughts or opinions (or commands) of the C-in-C.
Witness "tranny surgery" decision.
I'm not sure where the Army is at the brass level. The new ACFT suggests to me that they're open to some revisions toward the good, although we'll have to see if the 'leg tuck' event gets rewritten or written out.
This is related to the black budget programs, clearance levels higher than the President has, Solar Warden, and the 2.1+ trillion Rumsfeld was talking about the day before 9/11. Which conveniently, blew the Pentagon up, killing the investigators, accountants, and destroying all the paperwork they had tracking this issue.
Convenient...
People scam and kill for millions to billions. How about a trillion? Americans are just waking up to the existence of hte Deep State. Wait until the look on people's faces when they begin knowing half of what I don't tell the public.
As for the military intel analysts (raise your hands) out there that are wondering "where is the evidence", Snowden and McKinnon had obtained the raw data, although some of it was encrypted.
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