Report: After U.S. intelligence failure, Trump acted quickly on NSC warning

Report: After U.S. intelligence failure, Trump acted quickly on NSC warning

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2020 False reporting by China to the World Health Organization (WHO), inconsistent advice from so-called “experts”, and misleading reports from the major media all contributed to U.S. intelligence agencies underestimating the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak in the crucial early stages, a report said. Reforms at the National Security Council […]

NSC answers China’s coronavirus disinformation campaign with scathing indictment

NSC answers China’s coronavirus disinformation campaign with scathing indictment

by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2020 The communist government in Beijing should be focused on stopping the coronavirus rather than spreading false information about the origins of the Wuhan virus while at the same time kicking American journalists out of China, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday. The statement from the NSC […]

White House ‘right-sizing’ NSC after ‘coup attempt’ by Obama holdovers

White House ‘right-sizing’ NSC after ‘coup attempt’ by Obama holdovers

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2020 The Trump administration is significantly downsizing the White House National Security Council not only to improve efficiency but, analysts say, to rid the NSC of Obama-era holdovers suspected of leaking President Donald Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders. White House national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien said in a recent […]

Transcripts reveal bitter fight within NSC over Ukraine, President Trump

Transcripts reveal bitter fight within NSC over Ukraine, President Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, November 12, 2019 Officials at the National Security Council (NSC), some of them Obama era holdovers, waged an internal war against President Donald Trump and his political appointees, transcripts from Rep. Adam Schiff’s closed-door impeachment inquiry hearings show. Fiona Hill, a Russia specialist brought to the NSC in 2018 from the Brookings […]

Former NSC official: Some intel officials undermining U.S. summit strategy

Former NSC official: Some intel officials undermining U.S. summit strategy

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2019 President Donald Trump is driving negotiations with North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-Un “in a positive direction” despite some in the U.S. intelligence community who have tried to “rain on the president’s parade,” a former National Security Council (NSC) official said. The remarkable assertion by a longtime aide to U.S. […]

Ex-NSC official: ‘Dire consequences’ for Chinese, Russian meddling in midterms

Ex-NSC official: ‘Dire consequences’ for Chinese, Russian meddling in midterms

by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2018 The Trump administration has “sound and serious policies” to deal with any nation or group which seeks to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections, said a former senior National Security Council (NSC) official. Our enemies have been trying to meddle in our elections for many years. It didn’t just […]

White House staffing up for launch of still secret peace plan with ‘economic focus’

White House staffing up for launch of still secret peace plan with ‘economic focus’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2018 The team that will bring President Donald Trump’s still-secretive Middle East peace plan to the finish line is being put together, a report said. The National Security Council (NSC) last week began approaching other agencies seeking volunteers to join the team who will work for Trump’s pointmen on the […]

Hate group takes aim at Bolton’s NSC appointee

Hate group takes aim at Bolton’s NSC appointee

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2018 The Trump administration is backing national security adviser John Bolton’s pick for National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff amid a “baseless … vengeful smear campaign” it says is being coordinated by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst and WorldTribune.com Board of Advisors […]

Former intelligence official who hit Obama’s Iran and N. Korea policies named to key NSC post

Former intelligence official who hit Obama’s Iran and N. Korea policies named to key NSC post

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 National security adviser John Bolton has named intelligence specialist Fred Fleitz as National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff. Fleitz, a former CIA analyst, is the author of “Obamabomb: A Dangerous and Growing National Security Fraud” about the Iran nuclear deal, and “The Coming North Korea Nuclear Nightmare: What […]

Report: Israeli delegation demanded that NSC member leave room during White House meeting

Report: Israeli delegation demanded that NSC member leave room during White House meeting

by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2017 A U.S. National Security Council (NSC) member appointed by H.R. McMaster was asked by members of an Israeli delegation to leave a meeting at the White House, a report said. NSC Senior Director on Counter-Terrorism Mustafa Javed Ali was asked by the Israelis to leave the meeting in late August, […]